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| Title |
Chemical composition, vasorelaxant, antioxidant and antiplatelet effects of essential oil of Artemisia campestris L. from Oriental Morocco
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| Published in |
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12906-017-1598-2 |
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| Authors |
Ikram Dib, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Marianne Sindic, Fatima Belmekki, Asmae Assaidi, Mohamed Berrabah, Hassane Mekhfi, Mohammed Aziz, Abdelkhaleq Legssyer, Mohamed Bnouham, Abderrahim Ziyyat |
| Abstract |
Artemisia campestris L. (Asteraceae) is a medicinal herb traditionally used to treat hypertension and many other diseases. Hence, this study is aimed to analyze the essential oil of A. campestris L (AcEO) and to investigate the antiplatelet, antioxidant effects and the mechanisms of its vasorelaxant effect. The chemical composition of AcEO was elucidated using GC/MS analysis. Then, the antioxidant effect was tested on DPPH radical scavenging and on the prevention of β-carotene bleaching. The antiplatelet effect was performed on the presence of the platelet agonists: thrombin and ADP. The mechanism of action of the vasorelaxant effect was studied by using the cellular blockers specified to explore the involvement of NO/GC pathway and in the presence of calcium channels blockers and potassium channels blockers. AcEO is predominated by the volatiles: spathulenol, ß-eudesmol and p-cymene. The maximal antioxidant effect was obtained with the dose 2 mg/ml of AcEO. The dose 1 mg/ml of AcEO showed a maximum antiplatelet effect of, respectively 49.73% ±9.54 and 48.20% ±8.49 on thrombin and ADP. The vasorelaxation seems not to be mediated via NOS/GC pathway neither via the potassium channels. However, pretreatment with calcium channels blockers attenuated this effect, suggesting that the vasorelaxation is mediated via inhibition of L-type Ca(2+) channels and the activation of SERCA pumps of reticulum plasma. This study confirms the antioxidant, antiplatelet and vasorelaxant effects of A.campestris L essential oil. However, the antihypertensive use of this oil should be further confirmed by the chemical fractionation and subsequent bio-guided assays. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| France | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 112 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Unspecified | 30 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 6% |
| Professor | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 35 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Unspecified | 30 | 27% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Unknown | 36 | 32% |
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