Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model
Context: Carica papaya L. (Caricaceae) fruit was shown to exhibit wound healing properties. Objectives: We investigated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of papaya fruit phosphate-buffered saline extract (PE) during wound healing and enhancement of the potentials due to trace ions addition...
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| description | Context: Carica papaya L. (Caricaceae) fruit was shown to exhibit wound healing properties. Objectives: We investigated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of papaya fruit phosphate-buffered saline extract (PE) during wound healing and enhancement of the potentials due to trace ions addition. Materials and methods: Rat excision wounds were topically treated twice/day with 20 μL of PE (5 mg extract/mL), 0.5 μg Se2+ added PE (PES), or 100 μM Zn2+ added PE (PEZ). Control groups were treated with deionized water (negative) and deproteinized calf blood extract ointment (Solcoseryl®, positive). Lipid peroxidation (LPX), antioxidant, proinflammatory, and arginine metabolic enzymes were estimated in the wound excised on days 4 and 10 post wounding. Results: PE (5 mg/mL; 9.80 ± 0.33 d) and PES (PE + 0.5 μg Se2+; 8.90 ± 0.23 d) significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the average time for complete wound closure compared with the negative (13.00 ± 0.37 d) and positive (9.80 ± 0.33 d) controls, respectively. Biochemical evaluations of LPX product (malondialdehyde), antioxidant (catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)), and pro-inflammatory (cyclooxygenase-2 and myeloperoxidase (MPO)) enzyme activities and metabolites (nitrite and urea), on days 4 and 10 post wounding, confirmed the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of PE and PES in this study. Discussion and conclusion: Treatment of excision wounds with papaya extract, especially with the addition of selenium for 10 d, reduced inflammation associated oxidative damage apparently via cyclooxygenase specific inhibition, arginine metabolism, and up-regulation of antioxidant enzymes. |
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| spelling | iium-507712018-01-08T09:35:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50771/ Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model Nafiu, Abdulrazaq Bidemi Rahman, Muhammad Tariqur Q Science (General) Context: Carica papaya L. (Caricaceae) fruit was shown to exhibit wound healing properties. Objectives: We investigated anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of papaya fruit phosphate-buffered saline extract (PE) during wound healing and enhancement of the potentials due to trace ions addition. Materials and methods: Rat excision wounds were topically treated twice/day with 20 μL of PE (5 mg extract/mL), 0.5 μg Se2+ added PE (PES), or 100 μM Zn2+ added PE (PEZ). Control groups were treated with deionized water (negative) and deproteinized calf blood extract ointment (Solcoseryl®, positive). Lipid peroxidation (LPX), antioxidant, proinflammatory, and arginine metabolic enzymes were estimated in the wound excised on days 4 and 10 post wounding. Results: PE (5 mg/mL; 9.80 ± 0.33 d) and PES (PE + 0.5 μg Se2+; 8.90 ± 0.23 d) significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the average time for complete wound closure compared with the negative (13.00 ± 0.37 d) and positive (9.80 ± 0.33 d) controls, respectively. Biochemical evaluations of LPX product (malondialdehyde), antioxidant (catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx)), and pro-inflammatory (cyclooxygenase-2 and myeloperoxidase (MPO)) enzyme activities and metabolites (nitrite and urea), on days 4 and 10 post wounding, confirmed the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of PE and PES in this study. Discussion and conclusion: Treatment of excision wounds with papaya extract, especially with the addition of selenium for 10 d, reduced inflammation associated oxidative damage apparently via cyclooxygenase specific inhibition, arginine metabolism, and up-regulation of antioxidant enzymes. Informa Healthcare 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50771/1/50771_wos%2C_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50771/4/50771_Anti-inflammatory_and_antioxidant_properties_of_unripe_papaya.pdf Nafiu, Abdulrazaq Bidemi and Rahman, Muhammad Tariqur (2015) Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model. Pharmaceutical Biology, 53 (5). pp. 662-671. ISSN 1388-0209 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13880209.2014.936470?journalCode=iphb20 10.3109/13880209.2014.936470 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) Nafiu, Abdulrazaq Bidemi Rahman, Muhammad Tariqur Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title | Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title_full | Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title_fullStr | Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title_short | Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| title_sort | anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of unripe papaya extract in an excision wound model |
| topic | Q Science (General) |
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