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Salvia coccinea - Wikipedia
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Abstract: Salvia coccinea (Lamiaceae) is a promising source of potential antioxidants, and its extracts
can be used in pharmaceutical industry, as well as in food products and cosmetics. Salicylic acid (SA)
affects many physiological and metabolic processes in vascular plants under salinity stress. The aim
of this study was to investigate the response of S. coccinea to either SA, or sodium chloride (NaCl),
or a combination of both. The plants were sprayed with a solution of 0.5 or 1.0 mM SA and watered
with 0, 100, 200, or 300 mM NaCl. Exogenous application of SA increased the number of branches,
fresh herbal weight, and total chlorophyll content vs control plants. Salinity-exposed plants showed
reduced growth, content of photosynthetic pigments total polyphenols, and antioxidant activity.
However, foliar application of SA relieved the adverse effects of 100 mM NaCl, as demonstrated by
increased number of branches, greater fresh herbal weight, higher content of total chlorophyll, total
carotenoids, and total polyphenols, as well as antioxidant potential, detected using ferric-reducing
ability of plasma (FRAP) and 2.20-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt
(ABTS), compared with untreated plants.
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Hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress has been implicated in diabetes and its complications. Medicinal plants
possessing antioxidant activity may decrease oxidative stress by scavenging radicals and reducing power activity
and would be a promising strategy for the treatment of inflammatory disorders like diabetes. This study was
designed to evaluate the antioxidant effect of Aqueous Extract of S.coccinea leaf (AESL) in HG treated THP-1 cells
and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic Wistar rats. AESL and the standard antidiabetic drug glibenclamide
were administered orally by intragastric tube for 14 days and pre-treated HG grown THP-1 cells. AESL treatment
reduced HG induced increase in ROS production, NF-κB dependent proinflammatory gene expression by influencing
NF-κB nuclear translocation in THP-1 cells. Oral administration of AESL inhibited STZ-induced increase in
serum lipid peroxidation, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, and Lactate dehydrogenase of diabetic
rats. Significant increase in activity of superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase, and a reduced
level of glutathione, were observed in AESL treatment. The results demonstrate that AESL is useful in controlling
blood glucose and also has antioxidant potential to influence the translocation of NF-κB, protect damage caused
by hyperglycemia-induced inflammation.
Abstract: The essential oil of Salvia coccianea. Juss. ex Murr. (Lamiaceae) was analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Total 60 components were identified constituting 91.1 % of the oil. The oil was found rich in oxygenated sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (32.6%). Germacrene D (15.6%), linalool (10.7%), β -caryophyllene (8.2%) and palmitic acid (8.9%) were the principal constituents. The oil showed good activity exhibiting the minimum bactericidal effect against Klebsiella pneumoniae at 125 μL/mL and against Bacillus subtilis at 250 μL/mL concentration. The oil showed quite significant antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis which was found comparable with the standard antibiotics used for comparison.
β-Caryophyllene acts as a full agonist of the Cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2 receptor) in rats.[6] β-Caryophyllene has a binding affinity of Ki = 155nM at the CB2 receptors in mice.[7] β-Caryophyllene has been shown to have anti-inflammatory action linked to its CB2 receptor activity in a study comparing the pain killing effects in mice with and without CB2 receptors with the group of mice without CB2 receptors seeing little benefit compared to the mice with functional CB2 receptors.[6] β-Caryophyllene has the highest cannabinoid activity compared to the ring opened isomer α-caryophyllene which may modulate CB2 activity.[8] To compare binding, Cannabinol (CBN) binds to the CB2 receptors as a partial agonist with an affinity of CB2 Ki = 126.4 nM[9] while Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol binds to the CB2 receptors as a partial agonist with an affinity of Ki = 36nM.[10]