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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2023

Phytochemical profile, comparative evaluation of Satureja montana alcoholic extract for antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and molecular docking studies.

Khaled Abdelhady Abdelshafeek, Abeer Fouad Osman, Samar Mohamed Mouneir, Ahmed Abdelmonem Elhenawy, Walid Elsayed Abdallah

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khaled Abdelhady AbdelshafeekChemistry of Medicinal Plants Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), 12622-Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abeer Fouad OsmanChemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), 12622-Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Samar Mohamed MouneirDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, 12211, Egypt.
Ahmed Abdelmonem ElhenawyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 11884 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
Walid Elsayed AbdallahChemistry of Medicinal Plants Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Buhouth St. (Former El Tahrir St.), 12622-Dokki, Giza, Egypt. we.el-sayed@nrc.sci.eg.
National Research Centre · EGAl-Azhar University · EGCairo University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe most common species in the Satureja genus is Satureja montana (family Lamiaceae). The present work aims to use the molecular docking study to predict the isolated constituents against an immune system immunomodulator and tested alcoholic extract as an in-vitro immunomodulatory agent.

methodsAll isolated compound's structures were determined using various chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant profiles were studied for an alcoholic extract of the plant; the molecular docking study was performed for the isolated compounds (1-4).

resultsIn this work, four recognized compounds were extracted from the ethyl acetate fraction of S. montana (Sm) methanolic extract and identified as two triterpenes ursolic acid (1) and oleanolic acid (2), one phenolic acid as ellagic acid (3), and one flavonoidal compound as isoscutellarein (4). The total alcoholic extract exhibited good in vitro anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and apoptotic activity. Its IC

conclusionsThe alcoholic extract of the plant showed promising anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiapoptotic properties. The theoretical studies for the isolated compounds showed promising binding affinity against all the examined enzymes.

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AntioxidantsSaturejaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsFlavonesMolecular Docking SimulationMontanaPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsFlavonesisoscutellareinPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsAnti-inflammatory activityFlavonoidsLamiaceaeMolecular dockingSatureja montanaUrsolic acid

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PMID37024878
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