Di Giacomo Silvia, Percaccio Ester, Vitalone Annabella, Ingallina Cinzia, Mannina Luisa, Macone Alberto, Di Sotto Antonella
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer", Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Unit of Human Nutrition and Health, Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, National Institute of Health, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Plants (Basel). 2023 Nov 9;12(22):3814. doi: 10.3390/plants12223814.
Hemp bioproducts hold great promise as valuable materials for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications due to their diverse bioactive compounds and potential health benefits. In line with this interest and in an attempt to valorize the Lazio Region crops, this present study investigated chemically characterized hydroalcoholic and organic extracts, obtained from the inflorescences of locally cultivated Felina 32, USO 31, Ferimon and Fedora 17 hemp varieties. In order to highlight the possible chemopreventive power of the tested samples, a bioactivity screening was performed, which included studying the antimutagenic activity, radical scavenging power, cytotoxicity in human hepatoma HepG2 cells, leakage of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and modulation of the oxidative stress parameters and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) involved in the regulation of the cell transformation and cancer proliferation. Tolerability studies in noncancerous H69 cholangiocytes were performed, too. The organic extracts showed moderate to strong antimutagenic activities and a marked cytotoxicity in the HepG2 cells, associated with an increased oxidative stress and LDH release, and to a G6PDH modulation. The hydroalcoholic extracts mainly exhibited radical scavenging properties with weak or null activities in the other assays. The extracts were usually well-tolerated in H69 cells, except for the highest concentrations which impaired cell viability, likely due to an increased oxidative stress. The obtained results suggest a possibility in the inflorescences from the Felina 32, USO 31, Ferimon and Fedora 17 hemp varieties as source of bioactive compounds endowed with genoprotective and chemopreventive properties that could be harnessed as preventive or adjuvant healing strategies.
由于大麻生物制品具有多种生物活性化合物和潜在的健康益处,它们作为营养保健品和药物应用的宝贵材料具有巨大的潜力。出于这种兴趣,并为了使拉齐奥地区的作物增值,本研究对从当地种植的费利纳32号、USO 31号、费里蒙和费多拉17号大麻品种的花序中获得的具有化学特征的水醇提取物和有机提取物进行了研究。为了突出测试样品可能的化学预防能力,进行了生物活性筛选,其中包括研究抗诱变活性、自由基清除能力、对人肝癌HepG2细胞的细胞毒性、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)的泄漏以及参与细胞转化和癌症增殖调节的氧化应激参数和葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G6PDH)的调节。还对非癌性H69胆管细胞进行了耐受性研究。有机提取物在HepG2细胞中表现出中度至强的抗诱变活性和明显的细胞毒性,伴有氧化应激增加、LDH释放以及G6PDH调节。水醇提取物主要表现出自由基清除特性,在其他试验中活性较弱或无活性。除了最高浓度会损害细胞活力外,提取物在H69细胞中通常耐受性良好,这可能是由于氧化应激增加所致。所得结果表明,费利纳32号、USO 31号、费里蒙和费多拉17号大麻品种的花序有可能作为具有基因保护和化学预防特性的生物活性化合物的来源,可作为预防或辅助治疗策略加以利用。