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ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2016

Rutin attenuates intestinal toxicity induced by Methotrexate linked with anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects.

Raju Gautam, Manjari Singh, Swetlana Gautam, Jitendra Kumar Rawat, Shubhini A Saraf, Gaurav Kaithwas

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Article in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raju GautamDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India.
Manjari SinghDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India.
Swetlana GautamDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India.
Jitendra Kumar RawatDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India.
Shubhini A SarafDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India.
Gaurav KaithwasDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, VidyaVihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226 025, U. P, India. gauravpharm@hotmail.com.
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University · IN

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Abstract

backgroundMethotrexate (MTX) is recognized as an anti-metabolite in cancer chemotherapy and is associated with various toxicities assigned to inflammation and oxidative stress. Rutin has been reported to have significant anti-inflammatory, antioxidant along with antiulcer properties. The present study was undertaken to corroborate the effect of rutin against MTX induced intestinal toxicity in experimental animals.

methodSix groups of rats (n = 6) were dosed with normal saline (3 ml/kg,i.p.); MTX (2.5 mg/kg,i.p.); rutin (50 and 100 mg/kg,i.p.); rutin + MTX (50 mg/kg + 2.5 mg/kg,i.p.); rutin + MTX (100 mg/kg + 2.5 mg/kg,i.p.) for seven consecutive days and sacrificed on eighth day. The intestinal contents were scrutinized physiologically (pH, total acidity, free acidity, CMDI), biochemically (TBARS, protein carbonyl, SOD, catalase and GSH) and for immunoregulatory cytokines (IL-2, IL-4 and IL-10). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The administration of rutin demonstrated significant protection against intestinal lesions damaged by MTX. The treatment with rutin elicited noticeable inhibition of free acidity (26.20%), total acidity (22.05%) and CMDI (1.16%) in the experimental animals similar to control. In MTX treated toxic group, the levels of oxidative markers and immunoregulatory cytokines significantly increased in comparison to control, which was subsequently restored after rutin treatment. Rutin also demonstrated 75.63, 81.00 and 80.43% inhibition of cyclooxygenase-1 and 2, and 15-lipoxygenase respectively.

conclusionThe positive modulation of MTX toxicity could be attributed to the free radical scavenging and anti-inflammatory (dual inhibition of arachidonic acid pathways) potential of rutin.

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PhytotherapyAcidsAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntioxidantsArachidonate 15-LipoxygenaseCytokinesInflammationIntestinal DiseasesIntestinesMethotrexateOxidative StressPlant ExtractsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesRats, WistarAcidsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntioxidantsArachidonate 15-LipoxygenaseCytokinesMethotrexatePlant ExtractsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesRutinAntioxidantCyclooxygenaseCytokinesImmunoregulatoryLipoxygenaseProinflammatory

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PMCPMC4785621
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