Protective effect of tincture of Crataegus on oxidative stress in experimental atherosclerosis in rats

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-223

  Shanthi, Raiendran ^a   Parasakthy, Kamaravelu ^a   Deepalakshmi, Putchen Dakshinamurthy ^a   Niranjali, Devaraj Sivasithambaram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; atherosclerosis; flavonoids; lipid peroxidation; tincture of Crataegus

Indexed keywords

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA;

EID: 0030451328     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.20.211     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Steinberg, D., Parthasarathy, S., Carew, T.E., Khoo, J.C., and Witztum, J.L. (1989): Beyond cholesterol. Modifications of low density lipoprotein that increase its atherogenicity. N. Engl. J. Med., 320, 15-924.
2. Halliwell, B., and Gutteridge, J M.C. (1989): Free radicals, ageing and disease, in Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine, ed. by Halliwell, B., and Gutteridge. J.M.C., Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp 421-422.
3. Esterbauer, H., Wag, G., and Puhl, H. (1993): Lipid peroxidation and its role in atherosclerosis. Br. Med. Bull., 49, 566-576.
4. Shanthi, S., Parasakthy, K., Deepalakshmi, P.D., and Devaraj, SN (1994): Hypolipidemic activity of tincture of Crataegus in rats. Indian J. Biochem. Biophys., 31, 143-146.
5. Wickham, C. (1981): Crataegus oxyacantha, in Common Plants as Natural Remedies, ed. by Wickham, C., Frederic Muller Ltd., London, pp. 48-49.
6. Boericke, W. (1927): Crataegus, in Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia and Medica, Boericke and Runyon, Philadelphia, pp. 237-238.
7. Toote, J., and Vlietinck, A.J. (1986): Phytotherapy and cardiovascular system. J. Pharm. Belg., 41, 330-361.
8. Beretz, A., and Cazenave, J.P. (1988): The effect of flavonoids on blood-vessel wall interactions, in Plant Flavonoids in Biology and Medicine II, Biochemical, Cellular and Medicinal Properties, Alan. R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 187-200.
9. Bajwa, G.S., Morrison, L.M., and Ershoff, B.H. (1971): Induction of aortic and coronary athero-arteriosclerosis in rats fed a hypervitaminosis D, cholesterol containing diet. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 138, 975-982
10. Ohkawa, H., Ohishi, N., and Yagi, K. (1979): Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction. Anal. Biochem., 95, 351-358.
11. Moron, M S., Defierre, J.W., and Mannervik, K.B. (1979): Levels of glutathione, glutathione reductase and glutathione-S-transferase activities in rat lung and liver. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 582, 67-78.
12. Misra, H.P., and Fridovich, I. (1972): The role of superoxide anion in the auto-oxidation of epinephrine and a sample assay for SOD. J. Biol. Chem., 247, 3170-3175.
13. Bergmeyer, H.U., Gawehni, K , and Grassl, M. (1974): Enzymes as biochemical reagents, in Methods of Enzymatic Analysis, Vol. 1, ed. by Bergmeyer, H.U., Academic Press, New York, pp. 438-439.
14. Rotruck, J.T., Pope, A.L., and Ganther, H.E. (1973): Selenium, biochemical role as a component of glutathione peroxidase - purification and assay. Science, 179, 588-590.
15. Habig. W.H., Pabst, U.J., and Jakoby, W.B. (1974): Glutathione-S-transferase. J. Biol. Chem., 249, 7130-7139.
16. Desai, I.D. (1984): Vitamin E analysis methods for animal tissues, in Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 105, ed. by Packer, L., Academic Press, New York, pp. 138-147.
17. Recknagel, R.O., and Glende, E A., Jr. (1984): Spectrophotometric detection of lipid conjugated dienes, in Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 105, ed. by Packer, L., Academic Press, New York, pp. 331-337.
18. Burstein, M., and Scholnick, H.R. (1973): Lipoprotein-polyanion metal interactions. Adv. Lipid Res., 11, 68-108.
19. Wallin, B , Rosengren, B., Shetzer, H.G., and Camejo, G. (1993): Lipoprotein oxidation and measurement of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance formation in a single microtiter plate: Its use for evaluation of antioxidants. Anal. Biochem., 208, 10-15.
20. Stringer, M.D., Gorog, P.G., Freeman, A., and Kakkar, V.V. (1989): Lipid peroxides and atherosclerosis. Br. J. Med., 298, 281-284.
21. Goto, Y. (1982): Lipid peroxides as a cause of vascular disease, in Lipid Peroxides in Biology and Medicine, ed. by Yagi, K., Academic Press, San Francisco, pp. 295-303.
22. Afanasev. I.E., Dorozhko, A.I., Brodskii, A V., Kostyuk, V.A., and Potapovitch, A.I. (1988): Chelating and free radical scavenging mechanisms of inhibitory actions of rutin and quercetin in lipid peroxidation. Biochem. Pharmacol., 138, 1763-1769.
23. Balanehru, S , and Nagarajan, B. (1991): Protective effect of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid against lipid peroxidation. Biochem. Int., 24, 981-990.
24. Ol'Shanskii, G.S., and Khanin, A.L. (1975): Oksidoredktsiya, Aterogoenez Ischemicheskaya Bolezn Serdtsa, ed. by Ol'Shanskii, G.S., U.S.S.R., 47pp.
25. Leung, H.W., Vang, M.J., and Mavis, R.D. (1981): The cooperative interaction between vitamin E and vitamin C in suppression of peroxidation of membrane phospholipids. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 664, 266-272.
26. Middleton, E., Jr (1984): The flavonoids. Trends Pharmacol. Sci., 5, 334-338.
27. Remacle, J., Lambert, D., Raes, M., Pigeolet, E., Michiels, C., and Toussaint, O. (1992): Importance of various antioxidant enzymes for cell stability. Biochem. J., 286, 41-46.
28. Wang, J., Lu, Y.C., Zhen, E.Z., Guo, Z.Z., and Liu, X.Q. (1987): Lipid peroxide metabolism and PGI2/TXA2 balance in hyperlipidemic rabbits: Study of the anti-atherosclerosis effects of Rhapoticum uniflorum DC, Natl. Med. J. China, 67, 276-283.
29. Lankin, V.Z., Vinkhert, A.M., Kosykh, V.A., Tikhaze, A.K., Galakhov, I.E., Orekhov, A.N., and Repin, V.N. (1984): Enzymic detoxication of superoxide anion radicals and lipoperoxides in intima and media of atherosclerotic aorta. Biomed. Biochim. Acta, 43, 797-802.
30. Frankel, E.N., Kanner, J., German, J.B., Parks, E., and Kinsella, J.E. (1993): Inhibition of oxidation of human low density lipoprotein by phenolic substances in red wine. Lancet, 341, 454-457.