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ArticleActa cirurgica brasileira2022

Treatment of colitis by oral negatively charged nanostructured curcumin in rats.

Lívia Medeiros Soares Celani, Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa Egito, Ítalo Medeiros Azevedo, Cláudia Nunes Oliveira, Douglas Dourado, Aldo Cunha Medeiros

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Article in Acta cirurgica brasileira, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Lívia Medeiros Soares CelaniFellow master degree. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-2657
Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa EgitoPhD, full professor, chairman. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Laboratory of Dispersed Systems - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2180-3991
Ítalo Medeiros AzevedoPhD. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Health Sciences - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1507-7401
Cláudia Nunes OliveiraPhD. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Pathology Department - Health Sciences - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2853-320X
Douglas DouradoFellow PhD degree. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3445-5217
Aldo Cunha MedeirosPhD, full professor, chairman. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - Nucleus of Experimental Surgery - Natal (RN), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2372-942X
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo examine the effects of a negatively charged nanostructured curcumin microemulsion in experimental ulcerative colitis (UC) in rats.

methodsFour percent acetic acid was used to induce UC. The animals were treated for seven days and randomly assigned to four groups: normal control (NC), colitis/normal saline (COL/NS), colitis/curcumin (COL/CUR), and colitis/mesalazine (COL/MES). The nanostructured curcumin was formulated with a negative zeta potential (-16.70 ± 1.66 mV). Dosage of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin 1-β (IL-1β), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and antioxidant enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase), macro and microscopic evaluation of the colon tissue were analyzed.

resultsThe COL/CUR group had a higher level of antioxidant enzymes compared to the COL/MESgroup. The levels of TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 were significantly lower in the colonic tissue of the COL/CUR group rats, when compared to the COL/NS and COL/MES groups (p < 0.001). The presence of ulcers in the colonic mucosa in rats of the COL/NSgroup was significantly higher than in the COL/MES group (p < 0.001). In the NC and COL/CUR groups, there were no ulcers in the colonic mucosa.

conclusionsThe nanostructured microemulsion of curcumin, used orally, positively influenced the results of the treatment of UC in rats. The data also suggests that nanostructured curcumin with negative zeta potential is a promising phytopharmaceutical oral delivery system for UC therapy. Further research needs to be done to better understand the mechanisms of the negatively charged nanostructured curcumin microemulsion in UC therapy.

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ColitisColitis, UlcerativeCurcuminAnimalsAntioxidantsColonInterleukin-6RatsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntioxidantsCurcuminInterleukin-6Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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