title: Protective effects of amburoside A, a phenol glucoside from Amburana cearensis, against CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible beneficial effects of amburoside A, AMB [4-(O-beta- D-glycopyranosyl)benzyl protocatechoate], against carbon tetrachloride (CCl (4)) toxicity in rats. AMB is a phenol glucoside from the Brazilian medicinal plant Amburana cearensis, popularly used for the treatment of respiratory tract affections. Acute AMB (25 and 50 mg/kg, I. P. or P. O.) treatments of CCl (4)-intoxicated rats significantly inhibited the increase in serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, as compared to the group treated with CCl (4) only. Histological studies showed less centrolobular necrosis and inflammatory cell infiltrates in the liver of animals treated with AMB plus CCl (4), when compared to the group treated with CCl (4) alone. In hepatic tissues, AMB at both doses inhibited CCl (4)-induced thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) formation, indicating a blockade of CCl (4)-induced lipid peroxidation. AMB also reversed the decrement in glutathione contents of hepatic tissues in CCl (4)-intoxicated rats. Furthermore, it restored catalase activity to normal values, which was significantly increased after CCl (4) treatment. Our results indicate that CCl (4)-induced oxidative damage in hepatic tissues is reversed by AMB treatment. The protective effect of AMB is probably due to the phenolic nature of this glucoside.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Rua Capitão Francisco Pedro 1210, Fortaleza, Brazil. kalyne@ufc.br
authors.forename: Luzia K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Francisco Noé
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Fábio Azevedo
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Kirley M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Canuto
authors.forename: Cícero F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Felipe
authors.forename: Juvênia Bezerra
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fontenele
authors.forename: Márcia V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Pitombeira
authors.forename: Edilberto R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Glauce S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Viana
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; C530765:amburoside A; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D002374:Catalase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D005978:Glutathione