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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 144, Issue 3, Pages 612-617Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.10.001
Keywords
Phytomedicines; Toxicity; P-glycoprotein; Malaria; Drug transport
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23659073, 23790172] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Ethnopharmacological relevance: Several herbal medicines are concomitantly used with conventional medicines with a resultant increase in the recognition of herb-drug interactions. The phytomedicines Vernonia amygdalina Delile (VA), family Asteraceae; Azadiractha indica A. Juss (NL), family Meliaceae; Morinda lucida Benth (MLB), family Rubiaceae; Cymbopogon citratus Stapf (LG), family Poaceae; Curcuma longa L (CUR), family Zingiberaceae; Carica papaya L (CP), family Caricaceae and Tapinanthus sessilifolius Blume (ML), family Loranthaceae are used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria. They are also used in several regions world over in managing other ailments like cancer and diabetes. This study investigated their interaction with digoxin (DIG) with a view to predict the potential of P-glycoprotein (p-gp) mediated drug-herb interactions occurring with p-gp substrate drugs. Materials and Methods: To assess p-gp mediated transport and inhibition, bidirectional transport studies were carried out on Caco-2 cell monolayers using digoxin (DIG) as a model p-gp substrate. Cell functionality was demonstrated using the determinations of transepithelial electric resistance (TEER), cell cytotoxicity testing utilizing the MU assay as well as the inclusion of inhibition controls. Results: Under the conditions of this study, extracts of ML, VA and CP showed significant inhibition to H-3-Digoxin basolateral-to-apical (B-A) transport at 0.02-20 mg/mL; the concentrations examined. Their apical-to-basolateral (A-B) transport was further investigated. Increases in the mean A-B transport and significant decreases in the B-A transport and efflux ratio values were observed. The apparent permeability coefficient and efflux ratio were computed providing an estimate of drug absorption. Conclusion: The findings show that extracts of ML, VA and CP significantly inhibit p-gp in vitro and interactions with conventional p-gp substrate drugs are likely to occur on co-administration which may result in altered therapeutic outcomes. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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