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ArticlePloS one2018

Chemo-mapping and biochemical-modulatory and antioxidant/prooxidant effect of Galium verum extract during acute restraint and dark stress in female rats.

Anca D Farcas, Augustin C Mot, Cezara Zagrean-Tuza, Vlad Toma, Claudia Cimpoiu, Anamaria Hosu, Marcel Parvu, Ioana Roman, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Anca D FarcasFaculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Augustin C MotFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1679-0487
Cezara Zagrean-TuzaFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Vlad TomaFaculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Claudia CimpoiuFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Anamaria HosuFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Marcel ParvuFaculty of Biology and Geology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioana RomanInstitute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, branch of NIRDSB, București, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8002-8035
Radu Silaghi-DumitrescuFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galium verum is a well-known medicinal plant which is used in various pathologies. G. verum extracts are characterized here using chromatography, where among the rich pool of phenolic acids of flavonoids two known anti-stress modulators, chlorogenic acid and rutin are identified in high quantities. Additionally, the extracts are characterized using a series of in vitro assays (EPR, DPPH, TPC and TEAC). Considering the chemical findings, the potential beneficial effects of the G. verum extract are explored here in a living organism exposed to stress induced oxidative damages. Thus, the biochemical-modulatory and antioxidant roles of two doses of G. verum extract are examined in animals exposed to acute restraint and dark stress (S). The animals were divided in groups [control, S, SG1 (exposed to 25 mg G. verum extract), SG2 (50 mg extract)]. Increased levels of lipid peroxidation (TBARS from 4.43 to 8.06 nmol/mL), corticosterone from 0.43 to 1.96 μg/dL and epinephrine from 44.43 to 126.7 μg/mL, as well as decreased antioxidant enzymes activities (SOD/CAT) were observed in the S group. The G. verum extract afforded a near-normal equilibrium within the biochemical parameters of animals exposed to RS, by reducing oxidative damage (TBARS at a 3.73 nmol/mL; CS at 0.90 μg/dL; EP at 63.72 μg/mL) and by restoring the antioxidant balance.

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Alanine TransaminaseAnimalsAntioxidantsAspartate AminotransferasesCholesterolCorticosteroneDarknessDose-Response Relationship, DrugEpinephrineFemaleGaliumLipid PeroxidationOxidative StressPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsRatsAlanine TransaminaseAntioxidantsAspartate AminotransferasesCholesterolCorticosteroneEpinephrinePlant ExtractsPolyphenolsReactive Oxygen Species

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