Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Properties of Centaurea africana Lamk var. [Bonnet] M

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BACKGROUND: In Algerian traditional medicine, Centaurea species are well known in traditherapy. Centaurea africana has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of several inflammatory disorders.

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative potential of both n-Butanol (BECA) and ethyl acetate (EAECA) extracts of Centaurea africana.

METHODS: The phytochemical analysis of both BECA and EAECA were explored and the antioxidant activities were investigated by measuring the DPPH° scavenging effect, the reducing power and the inhibition of lipid peroxidation (LPO) induced by by Fe2+/ ascorbic acid system. The antiinflammatory properties were determined by measuring the NO° scavenging effect and by using carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema. The antiproliferative activity was studied on HT29 (human colorectal adenocarcinoma), OV2008 (human ovarian cancer) and C6 (Rattus norvegicus brain glioma) cell lines using the Sulforhodamine B assay.

RESULTS: The total polyphenol contents (TPC) of EAECA and BECA are recorded at 125.24±10.14 and 53.03±2.50 mgGAE/g extract, respectively. Both extracts revealed the antioxidant activity in a concentration-dependent manner; this effect is more pronounced with EAECA. The BECA exhibited a higher anti-inflammatory activity. This anti-inflammatory activity was reflected in a reduction of swelling of carrageenan-evoked edemas (48.45 %), inhibition of nitric oxide (84.7 %), effective decrease in myeloperoxidase activity (58.82 %) and malondialdehyde level (65.58 %). The cytotoxic effect of BECA was found to be more pronounced against C6 cell lines (IC50 value: 131.93 μg/mL) while the cytotoxic activity of EAECA was more effective against HT29 and OV2008 cell lines.

CONCLUSION: The obtained results indicated that EAECA exhibited a high antioxidant activity, while BECA has significant anti-inflammatory activity. Both extracts showed cytotoxic effects against cancer cell lines at certain concentrations in a cell-specific manner.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry - 20(2021), 1 vom: 20., Seite 89-100

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hadjira, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Amira [VerfasserIn]
Berkel, Caglar [VerfasserIn]
Seghiri, Ramdane [VerfasserIn]
Menad, Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Benayache, Fadila [VerfasserIn]
Benayache, Samir [VerfasserIn]
Cacan, Ercan [VerfasserIn]
Ameddah, Souad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-inflammatory activity
Antioxidant activity
Antioxidants
Antiproliferative activity
Centaurea africana
Flavonoids
Journal Article
Oxidative stress
Phenolic content
Plant Extracts

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Date Completed 26.10.2021

Date Revised 26.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871523019666200609140532

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310955009