Evaluation of Various Solvent Extracts of Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston Leaves, a Bangladeshi Traditional Medicine Used for the Treatment of Diarrhea
MOLECULES
Authors: Rudra, Sajib; Tahamina, Afroza; Emon, Nazim Uddin; Adnan, Md; Shakil, Mohammad; Chowdhury, Md Helal Uddin; Barlow, James W.; Alwahibi, Mona S.; Elshikh, Mohamed Soliman; Faruque, Mohammad Omar; Uddin, Shaikh Bokhtear
Abstract
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T. leucostaphylum. A crude extract was prepared with methanol (MTL) and further partitioned into n-hexane (NTL), dichloromethane (DTL), and n-butanol (BTL) fractions. Antidiarrheal activity was investigated using castor oil induced diarrhea, enteropooling, and gastrointestinal transit models, while cytotoxicity was evaluated using the brine shrimp lethality bioassay. In antidiarrheal experiments, all doses (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) of the DTL extract significantly reduced diarrheal stool frequency, volume and weight of intestinal contents, and gastrointestinal motility in mice. Similarly, in the cytotoxicity assay, all extracts exhibited activity, with the DTL extract the most potent (LC50 67.23 mu g/mL). GC-MS analysis of the DTL extract identified 10 compounds, which showed good binding affinity toward M3 muscarinic acetylcholine, 5-HT3, Gut inhibitory phosphodiesterase, DNA polymerase III subunit alpha, and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1 carboxyvinyltransferase enzyme targets upon molecular docking analysis. Although ADME/T analyses predicted the drug-likeness and likely safety upon consumption of these bioactive compounds, significant toxicity concerns are evident due to the presence of the known phytotoxin, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol. In summary, T. leucostaphylum showed promising activity, helping to rationalize the ethnomedicinal use and importance of this plant, its safety profile following both acute and chronic exposure warrants further investigation.
A Co(II) coordination complex: local analgesia activity by reducing content of local acetylcholine
INORGANIC AND NANO-METAL CHEMISTRY
Authors: Xie, Shuang; Li, Xuan-Fa; Xiu, Zhi-Xin; Chen, Jianhui
Abstract
A new Co(II)-containing coordination complex with the chemical formula of [CoL2(SCN)(2)](H2O)(2) (1) has been assembled from the Co(NO3)(2)center dot 6H(2)O with a tripyridyltriazole ligand 3-(2-pyridyl)-4-(4-pyridyl)-5-(3-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole by introduction of the NH4SCN as the additive reagent. Complex 1 has been studied via the single-crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) along with the thermogravimetric (TG) analysis. Furthermore, its local anesthesia activity was evaluated. Firstly, the hot plate analgesic experiment was performed, and the local anesthesia activity was assessed. In addition to this, the levels of the acetylcholine in local were also measured with ELISA detection kit.