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A method of using supercritical technologies to obtain plant extracts has been experimentally studied. A schematic diagram of an experimental setup for the study of supercritical extraction of biologically active substances from plant materials is presented. The results of an HPLC-MS study of the identification of extracted biologically active substances and their mass yield are presented.

Many human diseases including cancer, degenerative and autoimmune disorders, diabetes and others are multifactorial. Pharmaceutical agents acting on a single target do not provide their efficient curation. Multitargeted drugs exhibiting pleiotropic pharmacological effects have certain advantages due to the normalization of the complex pathological processes of different etiology. Extracts of medicinal plants (EMP) containing multiple phytocomponents are widely used in traditional medicines for multifactorial disorders' treatment. Experimental studies of pharmacological potential for multicomponent compositions are quite expensive and time-consuming. In silico evaluation of EMP the pharmacological potential may provide the basis for selecting the most promising directions of testing and for identifying potential additive/synergistic effects. Multiphytoadaptogen (MPhA) containing 70 major phytocomponents of different chemical classes from 40 medicinal plant extracts has been studied in vitro, in vivo and in clinical researches. Antiproliferative and anti-tumor activities have been shown against some tumors as well as evidence-based therapeutic effects against age-related pathologies. In addition, the neuroprotective, antioxidant, antimutagenic, radioprotective, and immunomodulatory effects of MPhA were confirmed. Analysis of the PASS profiles of the biological activity of MPhA phytocomponents showed that most of the predicted anti-tumor and anti-metastatic effects were consistent with the results of laboratory and clinical studies. Antimutagenic, immunomodulatory, radioprotective, neuroprotective and anti-Parkinsonian effects were also predicted for most of the phytocomponents. Effects associated with positive effects on the male and female reproductive systems have been identified too. Thus, PASS and PharmaExpert can be used to evaluate the pharmacological potential of complex pharmaceutical compositions containing natural products.

The possibilities of tandem mass spectrometry have been studied for the technology of analyzing aralosides in the pharmaceutical composition of Multifitoadaptogen (MFA) and extract of the roots of Aralia mandshurica (which is an ingredient in MFA). Chromatography is performed on an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column in gradient mode. A TSQ Vantage electrospray ionization triple quadrupole mass spectrometer is used. In MFA, as well as in the extract of the roots of Aralia mandshurica, Aralosides A, B, C, and/or their isomers are identified.

The purposeof this investigation was to evaluate the efficacy of correcting the LFA-1 and Mac-1 leukocyte integrins expression on peripheral blood cells as well as IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels using liquid form multiphytoadaptogene preventive application for hepatocarcinomas incidence suppression and life-span increase of CBA inbreed mice.Materials and methods.The study was carried out on 439 males of inbred CBA mouse strain (subline CBA/LacY). The experimental mice received 10 % liquid form multiphytoadaptogene complex (MPAC) solution in drinking water during the first month of life including the final time period of liver differentiation (preventive administration). MPAC is the standardized herbal formula composed of 40 plant extracts components including adaptogenes Panax ginseng, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Rhodiola rosea, as well as compounds with phenolic structure (flavonoids, triterpene glycosides, etc). Anti-mutagenic, anti-oxidant, immunomodifying activities of MPAC were demonstrated. The CD11a and CD11b antigens expressions on peripheral blood cells were analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence reaction, serum cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as well as the liver tissue morphology were analyzed at the age of 4, 8, 22 months. Tumor incidence and volumes were evaluated at the age of 8 and 22 months. Motor activity and physical status (body weight, coat state) were estimated in the ontogenesis. The average life-span and survival median was analyzed by the Kaplan–Meier method. Statistical analysis was performed with the program STATISTICA 6.0.Results.Inhibited expression of LFA-1 and Mac-1 leukocyte integrins on peripheral blood cells as well as elevated IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels, high incidence of liver tumors (100 % of mice-males), their high number and big sizes in the late period of postnatal ontogenesis in CBA high-cancer inbrede mice, also as life-span not reaching two years was demonstrated. At the same time plural tumor-infiltrating limphocytes were not found. Short-term MPAC preventive administration (during the first month of mouse life occupying the final differentiation period of liver tissue genetically predisposal to hepatoms incidence) revealed the long-term heterotypic adhesion molecules leukocyte integrins LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) and Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) up-regulated expression, providing the contact interactions of immune effectors and cancer cells. The events shown is able to enhance the anti-tumor activity of immune reactions including spontaneous hepatocarcinomas lymphocytes infiltration and destruction of tumor tissue. As a result, the hereditary tumors incidence, their number and sizes were reduced as well as life-span and life quality of animals were improved.Conclusion.Up-regulated leukocyte integrins expression on peripheral blood cells, reduced IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels accompanied by tumors lymphocyte infiltration and destruction using MPAC preventive administration is essential for tumor incidence down-regulation. The herbal formula with multiple components is capable to controle anti-tumor immune reactions, as well as the life-span and life quality of high-cancer animals. Hence, the regulation of adhesion violations involved in tumor incidence can be cancer preventive.

Multiphytoadaptogene (MPA) consists of plant extracts components including adaptogenes. Genotoxicity analysis revealed the antimutagenic activity of MPA. MPA decreased the direct mutations frequency in ADE4-ADE8 loci induced by UV radiation and nitrous acid by 3.7 and 33 times, respectively. The lethal effect of UV radiation was inhibited when the preparation was used. MPA had no effect on replicative mutagenesis. At the same time it depressed mutagenesis caused by repair errors. The data obtained suggest the antimutagenic activity of multiphytoadaptogene is associated with postreplicative repair activation.

The purpose of the work was to elucidate the radioprotective efficacy of multyphytoadaptogene (MPA) in dogs in various conditions of gamma radiation and MPA application. Dogs were given 15% MPA solution with drinking water in 3,6 ml/kg dose per day 2 weeks before the radiating (preventive application), 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the radiating (preventive and therapeutic application) as well as 2 weeks after the radiating only (therapeutic application). Animals of control groups received radiation. Dogs were exposed to 3,5 Cy acute radiation and 8,0 Gy prolonged radiation. There were no survived dogs in control groups. At the same time MPA increased dogs survival in preventive, preventive and therapeutic as well as therapeutic applications after 3,5 Gy acute radiation and after 8,0 Gy prolonged radiation. MPA improved the somatic state, interfere with leukocytes amount in blood. The data obtained suggest the radioprotective efficacy of MPA.

The aim of the work was to elucidate the radioprotective activity of multyphytoadaptogene (MPA) in mice in various conditions of gamma radiation and MPA application. Males of CBA x C57BL/6 F1 mice were given 15% MPA solution with drinking water 2 weeks before the radiating (preventive application), 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the radiating (preventive and therapeutic application) and also 2 weeks after the radiating only (therapeutic application). Animals of control groups received radiation or were given 5% ethanol solution in drinking water in the same application schemes. MPA increased the mice survival in preventive, preventive and therapeutic as well as therapeutic applications after 7.5 Gy radiation (66.7: 66.4 and 40.2% correspondingly). After 11.0 Gy radiation MPA increased the mice survival in preventive as well as preventive and therapeutic applications (75.0 and 76.9% correspondingly). MPA administration improved the somatic state, weight of animals, quality of life. MPA has no side effects. The data suggest the radioprotective activity of MPA.

The expression of leukocyte integrins LFA-1 and Mac-1 and cytokines IL-6 and IL-10 was studied in mice predisposed to spontaneous hepatocarcinomas. The efficacy of a phytoadaptogen in correcting these parameters was evaluated. The role of adhesive interactions between immune cells and target cells in the recovery of antitumor regulatory mechanisms was estimated.