1. Protective effects of 4-nerolidylcatechol against genotoxicity induced by cyclophosphamide.
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Valadares MC, Rezende KR, Pereira ER, Sousa MC, Gonçalves B, de Assis JC, and Kato MJ
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- Animals, Chromosome Aberrations drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Erythrocytes drug effects, Erythrocytes ultrastructure, Male, Mice, Micronucleus Tests, Plant Extracts chemistry, Plant Roots chemistry, Antimutagenic Agents, Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating antagonists & inhibitors, Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating toxicity, Catechols pharmacology, Cyclophosphamide antagonists & inhibitors, Cyclophosphamide toxicity, Mutagens, Piperaceae chemistry
- Abstract
In the present work we evaluated both the mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of the Pothomorphe umbellata root extract (PUE) and its isolated active principle, the 4-nerolidylcatechol (4-NC), in bone marrow cells of mice using the micronucleus test. Swiss male mice were orally treated for 4 days with PUE (200, 100 or 50mg/kg/day) or 4-NC (50, 25 or 12.5mg/kg/day) prior to exposition with a single dose (200mg/kg) of cyclophosphamide (CP), 24h after the end of the treatment. The results demonstrated that the PUE and 4-NC did not have any mutagenic effect on mouse bone marrow cells; quite the opposite, there was a protective effect against genotoxicity induced by cyclophosphamide. Taken together, under the conditions tested herein, mice treated with PUE and 4-NC showed, in a dose-dependent manner, protective effect against CP-induced genotoxicity. Due to their ability to prevent chromosomal damage, with apparent low toxicity and cost, PUE or pure 4-NC are likely to open a field of interest concerning their possible use in clinical applications.
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- 2007
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