de Alencar Nylane Maria Nunes, Pinheiro Rachel Sindeaux Paiva, de Figueiredo Ingrid Samantha Tavares, Luz Patrícia Bastos, Freitas Lyara Barbosa Nogueira, de Souza Tamiris de Fátima Goebel, do Carmo Luana David, Marques Larisse Mota, Ramos Marcio Viana
Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, UFC, Coronel Nunes de Melo 1127, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Centro Universitário Estácio do Ceará, Via Corpvs, Rua Eliseu Uchoa Becco, No. 600, Bairro Água Fria, 60810-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:706782. doi: 10.1155/2015/706782. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
Plumeria rubra (Apocynaceae) is frequently used in folk medicine for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, hepatitis, and tracheitis, among other infirmities. The aim of this study was to investigate the gastroprotective potential of a protein fraction isolated from the latex of Plumeria rubra (PrLP) against ethanol-induced gastric lesions and describe the underlying mechanisms. In a dose-dependent manner, the pretreatment with PrLP prevented ethanol-induced gastric lesions in mice after single intravenous administration. The gastroprotective mechanism of PrLP was associated with the involvement of prostaglandins and balance of oxidant/antioxidant factors. Secondarily, the NO/cGMP/KATP pathway and activation of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents were also demonstrated as part of the mechanism. This study shows that proteins extracted from the latex of P. rubra prevent gastric lesions induced in experimental animals. Also, the results support the use of the plant in folk medicine.
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