Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

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Anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective potentials of the aerial parts of Silene villosa Caryophyllaceae methanol extract in rats

Hasan S Yusufoglu¹ , Maged S Abdel-kader^1,4, Gamal A Soliman^2,3, Ahmed I Foudah¹, Aftab Alam¹, Mohammad Ayman Salkini¹

¹Department of Pharmacognosy; ²Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ³Department of Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University; ⁴Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt.

For correspondence:- Hasan Yusufoglu Email: h.yusufoglu@sau.edu.sa Tel:+966115886012

Accepted: 24 October 2017 Published: 31 January 2018

Citation: Yusufoglu HS, Abdel-kader MS, Soliman GA, Foudah AI, Alam A, Salkini MA. Anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective potentials of the aerial parts of Silene villosa Caryophyllaceae methanol extract in rats. Trop J Pharm Res 2018; 17(1):117-125 doi: 10.4314/tjpr.v17i1.17

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Abstract

Purpose: To explore the anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective potentials of Silene villosa Caryophyllaceae methanol extract in rats.

Methods: Toxicity of S. villosa extract was evaluated in rats. Inflammation was induced in rats by injection of 0.1 mL carrageenan (1 %) in the left hind paws. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) was used to induce liver damage. Five groups of rat were used. The 1st (normal control) and 2nd (hepatotoxic) groups received the vehicle. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th groups received silymarin, 250 and 500 mg/kg of S. villosa extract, respectively, for 7 days. Liver injury was induced on the 7th day by intraperitoneal administration of 1 mL/kg of CCl₄ to rats in groups 2 - 5.

Results: The results showed that S. villosa is safe. It significantly reduced carrageenan-induced edema compared to normal (p < 0.01) and standard (p < 0.01) groups. The extract protected (p < 0.01) rats against the deleterious effect of CCl₄. It decreased (p < 0.01) the elevated serum activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), γ-glutamyl transferase (γ-GT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) as well as elevated serum levels of bilirubin (BRN), compared to CCl₄ control rats. Reduced activities of the antioxidant enzymes were significantly increased (p < 0.01) in rat liver, compared with CCl₄ control group. The results were confirmed by histological findings in rat liver as the extract reduced necrosis and hydropic degeneration of hepatic tissue compared to CCl₄ control group.

Conclusion: The results suggest that S. villosa possesses anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities in rats, and therefore, has therapeutic potentials in humans

Keywords: S. villosa, anti-inflammatory, carrageenan, CCl4, antioxidant, hepatotoxicity