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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Ocimum gratissimum Linn. and rosmarinic acid, attenuate eosinophilic airway inflammation in an experimental model of respiratory allergy to Blomia tropicalis
Título(s) alternativo(s): International Immunopharmacology
Autor(es): Costa, Ryan dos Santos
Carneiro, Tamires Cana Brasil
Lima, Ana Tereza Cerqueira
Queiroz, Norma Vilany
Alcântara-Neves, Neuza Maria
Carvalho, Lain Carlos Pontes de
Velozo, Eudes da Silva
Oliveira, Eduardo de Jesus
Figueiredo, Camila Alexandrina
Autor(es): Costa, Ryan dos Santos
Carneiro, Tamires Cana Brasil
Lima, Ana Tereza Cerqueira
Queiroz, Norma Vilany
Alcântara-Neves, Neuza Maria
Carvalho, Lain Carlos Pontes de
Velozo, Eudes da Silva
Oliveira, Eduardo de Jesus
Figueiredo, Camila Alexandrina
Abstract: Allergic asthma has emerged as an important public health problem of urban populations in developed countries. Very often herbal medicine is used to treat this widespread disease, due to the lack of efficacy and the important side effects related to the classical drugs in use. Along this line, Ocimum gratissimum (Og) is a plant widely used in Brazilian folk medicine to treat inflammatory disorders, such as asthma. In the present study we evaluated the immunomodulatory effects of Og and rosmarinic acid (RA, a polyphenolic compound) in a murine model of respiratory allergy induced by the Blomia tropicalis (Bt) mite. The respiratory allergy was induced in A/J mice by administration of Bt extract and the treatment was done using 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg of an Og methanolic extract or using 2, 20 or 200 mg/kg of RA. We then evaluated the changes induced by these drugs on immunological parameters related to the allergic process, which are up-regulated in this allergic model. The treatment of animals with 100 mg/Kg Og and 200 mg/Kg RA led to a significant reduction in the numbers of leukocytes/eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL); eosinophil peroxidase activity in BAL; presence of mucus in respiratory tract, histopathological changes in the lung, and IL-4 in BAL. These results suggest that the methanolic extract of Og and the polyphenol RA have therapeutic potential in this murine model of respiratory allergy to a clinically relevant human sensitizer allergen.
Palavras-chave: Asthma
Blomia tropicalis
Inflammation
Ocimum gratissimum
Polyphenols
Rosmarinic acid
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
URI: http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/15588
Data do documento: 2012
Aparece nas coleções:Artigo Publicado em Periódico (ICS)

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