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A Patent-Pending Ointment Containing Extracts of Five Different Plants Showed Antinociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms in Preclinical Studies.
Barragan-Galvez, Juan Carlos; Gonzalez-Rivera, Maria Leonor; Jiménez-Cruz, Juan C; Hernandez-Flores, Araceli; de la Rosa, Guadalupe; Lopez-Moreno, Martha L; Yañez-Barrientos, Eunice; Romero-Hernández, Michelle; Deveze-Alvarez, Martha Alicia; Navarro-Santos, Pedro; Acosta-Mata, Claudia; Isiordia-Espinoza, Mario Alberto; Alonso-Castro, Angel Josabad.
Afiliação
  • Barragan-Galvez JC; Departamento de Farmacia, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • Gonzalez-Rivera ML; Departamento de Farmacia, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • Jiménez-Cruz JC; Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCyT)-Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Mexico.
  • Hernandez-Flores A; Departamento de Farmacia, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • de la Rosa G; Instituto de Investigación Sobre la Salud Pública, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico.
  • Lopez-Moreno ML; División de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus León, León 37150, Mexico.
  • Yañez-Barrientos E; Chemistry Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 259 Boulevard Alfonso Valdez, Mayagüez 00681, Puerto Rico.
  • Romero-Hernández M; Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • Deveze-Alvarez MA; Departamento de Química, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • Navarro-Santos P; Departamento de Farmacia, División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36200, Mexico.
  • Acosta-Mata C; Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCyT)-Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Mexico.
  • Isiordia-Espinoza MA; Laboratorio de Patología Clínica, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), Guanajuato 36000, Mexico.
  • Alonso-Castro AJ; Clinics Department, University of Guadalajara, Tepatitlan 47620, Mexico.
Pharmaceutics ; 16(9)2024 Sep 17.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39339251
ABSTRACT
Background/

Objectives:

The antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of a patent-pending ointment containing plant extracts from Eucalyptus globulus, Curcuma longa, Hamamelis virginiana, Echinacea purpurea, and Zingiber officinale were evaluated.

Methods:

Plant extracts were chemically characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. The antinociceptive activity of the ointment was assessed using the hot plate, tail flick, and formalin tests, whereas the anti-inflammatory activity was measured using the acute and chronic TPA-induced ear edema tests. Mechanisms of action were evaluated using inhibitors from signaling pathways related to pain response and by using histological analysis and assessing the expression and activity of pro-inflammatory mediators.

Results:

The ointment showed antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects like those observed with diclofenac gel (1.16% v/v) and ketoprofen gel (2.5% v/v). The antinociceptive actions of the ointment are mediated by the possible participation of the opiodergic system and the nitric oxide pathway. The anti-inflammatory response was characterized by a decrease in myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and by a reduction in ear swelling and monocyte infiltration in the acute inflammation model. In the chronic model, the mechanism of action relied on a decrease in pro-inflammatory mediators such as COX-2, IL-1ß, TNF-α, and MPO. An in-silico study with myristic acid, one of the compounds identified in the ointment's plant mixture, corroborated the in vivo results.

Conclusions:

The ointment showed antinociceptive activities mediated by the decrease in COX-2 and NO levels, and anti-inflammatory activity due to the reduction in IL-1ß and TNFα levels, a reduction in MPO activity, and a decrease in NF-κB and COX-2 expression.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Pharmaceutics Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Pharmaceutics Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Suíça