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ArticleCell stress & chaperones2017

Thermal treatment of luteolin-7-O-β-glucoside improves its immunomodulatory and antioxidant potencies.

Mouna Maatouk, Nadia Mustapha, Imen Mokdad-Bzeouich, Hind Chaaban, Besma Abed, Irina Iaonnou, Kamel Ghedira, Mohamed Ghoul, Leila Chekir Ghedira

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Article in Cell stress & chaperones, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mouna MaatoukUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
Nadia MustaphaUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
Imen Mokdad-BzeouichUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
Hind ChaabanLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolécules, ENSAIA-INPL, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Besma AbedUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
Irina IaonnouLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolécules, ENSAIA-INPL, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Kamel GhediraUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia.
Mohamed GhoulLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolécules, ENSAIA-INPL, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Leila Chekir GhediraUnité des Substances Naturelles Bioactives et Biotechnologie UR12ES12, Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Rue Avicenne, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia. leila.chekir@laposte.net.
University of Monastir · TNLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolécules

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phytochemicals extracted from flowers, roots and bark, leaves, and other plant sources have been used extensively throughout human history with varying levels of efficacy in prevention and treatment of disease. Recently, advanced methods for characterization and clinical use of these materials have allowed modern understanding of their properties to be used as immunomodulatory agents that act by enhancement of endogenous cytoprotective mechanisms, avoiding interference with normal physiologic signaling and highly effective medical treatment with minimal adverse side effects. Simple methods have been identified for improving their biological effects, such as thermal conditioning by heating or freezing-prominent example being heat treatment of lycopene and tetrahydrocannabinol. The present investigation shows improvement of the ability of heat to augment splenocyte proliferation, natural killer (NK) cell activities, and antioxidant capacity of the flavonoid luteolin-7-O-β-glucoside (L7G) in comparison with the native (non heat-treated) molecule, while further demonstrating that both the native and the heat-treated variants exhibit comparable antioxidant properties, as evidenced by their effects in macrophages by inhibition of nitric oxide production and lysosomal enzyme activity in experiments that strengthen lysosomal membrane integrity. Outcomes of these studies suggest that heat-treated L7G shows promise for use in immunotherapy, including anti-cancer regimens, as shown by its improvement of NK cell cytotoxicity.

Indexed as

AntioxidantsCell ProliferationFlavonesGlucosidesHot TemperatureHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyKiller Cells, NaturalLuteolinNeoplasmsNitric OxidePhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsSpleenAntioxidantsFlavonesGlucosidesImmunologic FactorsLuteolinluteolin-7-glucosideNitric OxidePhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsCellular antioxidant activityHeated luteolin-7-O-β-glucosideImmunomodulatory potentialLuteolin-7-O-β-glucoside

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PMID28578499
PMCPMC5655366
OpenAlexW2620868818

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