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Toxicological evaluation in silico and in vivo of secondary metabolites of Cissampelos sympodialis in Mus musculus mice following inhalation.

Authors :
Alves MF
Ferreira LAMP
Gadelha FAAF
Ferreira LKDP
Felix MB
Scotti MT
Scotti L
de Oliveira KM
Dos Santos SG
Diniz MFFM
Source :
Natural product research [Nat Prod Res] 2019 Mar; Vol. 33 (6), pp. 789-795. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 04.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The ethanolic extract of the leaves of Cissampelos sympodialis showed great pharmacological potential, with inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities, however, it showed some toxicological effects. Therefore, this study aims to verify the toxicological potential of alkaloids of the genus Cissampelos through in silico methodologies, to develop a method in LC-MS/MS verifying the presence of alkaloids in the infusion and to evaluate the toxicity of the infusion of the leaves of C. sympodialis when inhaled by Swiss mice. Results in silico showed that alkaloid 93 presented high toxicological potential along with the products of its metabolism. LC-MS/MS results showed that the infusion of the leaves of this plant contained the alkaloids warifteine and methylwarifteine. Finally, the in vivo toxicological analysis of the C. sympodialis infusion showed results, both in biochemistry, organ weights and histological analysis, that the infusion of C. sympodialis leaves presents a low toxicity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1478-6427
Volume :
33
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Natural product research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29199466
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2017.1410805