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Does Cleome droserifolia have anti-schistosomiasis mansoni activity?
El-Shenawy, Nahla S; Soliman, Maha F M; Abdel-Nabi, Ismail M.
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  • El-Shenawy NS; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. elshenawy_nahla@hotmail.com
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ; 48(4): 223-8, 2006.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17119681
The present study was undertaken to assess the effect of the crude extract of Cleome droserifolia (CD) leaves on experimentally infected mice with Schistosoma mansoni. Two groups of mice, showing a patent infection of S. mansoni, one of them was daily treated with an alcoholic extract of CD leaves (0.31 g kg-1 body weight, i.p.) for 21 days. The schistosomicidal activity of the CD extract was evaluated, three weeks post-treatment, on some parasitological and histopathological aspects including worm load, oogram pattern, faecal eggs releasing and granuloma formation. In addition, serum thyroid hormones levels (tri-iodothyronine; T3 and tetra-iodo-thyronine; T4), serum total protein contents and hepatic reduced glutathione (GSH) were evaluated. Treatment using CD extract resulted in a weak reduction in worm burden (32.46%) and affected the viability of both mature and immature eggs as indicated by the increase in the percentage of dead eggs and the decrease in the percentage of live ones. In addition, a week post-treatment, eggs elimination was observed in the stool of the infected-treated group which was low compared to the infected group. There was a suppressive effect of the extract on granuloma formation that could be due to the antioxidant effect of the extract. These data are confirmed by increasing hepatic GSH, serum total proteins and thyroid hormone levels in the infected-treated group as compared to the infected group. Treatment significantly enhanced b globulin fractions of the protein. Based on these assumptions, CD extract has beneficial effects on thyroid hormones status and anti-schistosomiasis activity. The beneficial effects of CD extract could be related to its direct effects on the parasite, and secondary to its effect on the antioxidant capacity of the host. The present study could emphasize the precise mechanism (s) of CD extract protection.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Schistosoma mansoni / Esquistossomicidas / Esquistossomose mansoni / Cleome / Granuloma Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Egito País de publicação: Brasil
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Schistosoma mansoni / Esquistossomicidas / Esquistossomose mansoni / Cleome / Granuloma Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Egito País de publicação: Brasil