RESUMO
Embora seja notável o avanço no uso popular de plantas com finalidade terapêutica, estudos são necessários para demonstrar seus potenciais tóxicos, já que grande parte dos usuários de fitoterápicos os considera inócuos. Durante a gestação, a maioria das alterações no feto é decorrente da exposição da mãe a agentes químicos, podendo ocorrer efeitos abortivos, teratogênicos e citotóxicos. A relevância deste trabalho se deve a escassez de estudos sobre os efeitos tóxicos do extrato de Mikania glomerata, popularmente conhecida como guaco, durante o período gestacional. Foram estudadas ratas Wistar prenhes (normotensas e espontaneamente hipertensas) sob tratamento com extrato seco de M. glomerata (2mL) e avaliada a morfologia do fígado dos fetos. Todos os grupos apresentaram fetos vivos sem alterações macroscópicas, perda pré-implantação e reabsorção fetal normal. Não houve alterações anatômicas nos fígados, apenas presença de monócitos e linfócitos nas veias-centrolobulares. Conclui-se que o extrato, na concentração e formulação estudadas, não apresentou toxicidade aos fetos.(AU)
Although remarkable advances in the use of herbal medicine were observed, studies are needed to demonstrate the toxic potential of their compounds, since most of their users consider them effective and safe. During pregnancy, most of the abnormal changes in the fetus is mainly due to the mother's exposure to chemicals, resulting in abortion or teratogenic and cytotoxic effects to the mother and neonate. The relevance of this research is due to the lack of studies on the toxic effects of Mikania glomerata. popularly known as "guaco" - extract administration during the gestational period. Experimental groups of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive pregnant Wistar rats were studied. The animals were treated with M. glomerata extract (2 ml) and the morphology of fetal liver was evaluated to evaluate the possible toxic effects of M. glomerata to fetuses. In all groups the live fetuses were without macroscopic changes and the pre-implantation loss or normal fetal reabsorption were physiologically normal (data not shown). There were no anatomical or histological changes in the livers of fetuses studied, which showed centrilobular veins with the presence of monocytes and lymphocytes. The results lead the conclusion that M. glomerata extract, at the tested concentration, did not show toxicity to rats' fetuses.(AU)
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Animais , Feminino , Gravidez , Desenvolvimento Fetal , Mikania/toxicidade , Hipertensão , Fígado/patologia , Modelos Animais , Fitoterapia/efeitos adversos , Ratos WistarRESUMO
Teas of Bidens pilosa and Mikania glomerata are popularly consumed to medicinal ends. The capacity to induce DNA damages and mutagenic effects of these teas were evaluated, in vitro, on HTC cells, with comet assay and micronucleus test. The teas tested at various doses were prepared differently: infusion of Mikania glomerata (IM) and Bidens pilosa (IB), macerate of Mikania glomerata in 80% ethanol (MM80) and decoction of Bidens pilosa (DB). In IM and MM80, the quantity of coumarin was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection. Methylmethanesulfonate was utilized as positive control, phosphate-buffered saline as negative control, 80% ethanol as solvent control and 2-aminoanthracene as drug metabolism control. The comet assay demonstrated genotoxic effects for both plants. The genotoxic potential of IB was upper than DB, showing dose-response. In the MN test, excepting IM 40 microL/mL, all treatments was not mutagenic. The effects did not show direct relation with cumarin quantity present in IM and MM80. The results demonstrated DNA damages at the highest concentrations of alcoholic macerate (10 and 20 microL/mL) and infusion of Mikania glomerata (20 and 40 microL/mL) and of Bidens pilosa infusion (40 microL/mL). Thus, both dose and preparation-form suggest caution in the phytotherapeutic use of these plants.
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Bidens/toxicidade , Mikania/toxicidade , Mutagênicos/toxicidade , Chá/toxicidade , Animais , Bidens/química , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Ensaio Cometa/métodos , Cumarínicos/administração & dosagem , Cumarínicos/isolamento & purificação , Cumarínicos/toxicidade , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Neoplasias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Testes para Micronúcleos/métodos , Mikania/química , Mutagênicos/administração & dosagem , Mutagênicos/isolamento & purificação , Ratos , Chá/químicaRESUMO
Mikania glomerata (guaco) is a plant well known in Brazil for its therapeutic properties, especially in the treatament of respiratory diseases. Coumarin and flavonoids are active compounds of M. glomerata leaves and have been reported to cause adverse effects on the organism, including antifertility activity in famale rat and male dog respectively. This work analyzes the effect of short-term administration of M.glomerata hydroalcoholic extract on vital organs, of the reproductive system and sperm concentration of mature male wistar rats. Treated animals received 1 ml of the extract at a dose of 1.1 g/kg of body weight for live days. Body and organs weights, sperm production and food consumption were evaluated. No body weigth reduction and no toxic effect on the organs, gamete production or food intake were detected in any of the groups analyzed, given the experimental protocol used.