Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 432-441Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15010432
Keywords
herb-drug interactions; glutathione transferases; Mitragyna speciosa; in vitro; in vivo
Funding
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Research University
- Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS) of Universiti Sains Malaysia
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In the present study, we investigate the effects of three different Mitragyna speciosa extracts, namely methanolic, aqueous and total alkaloid extracts, on glutathione transferase-specific activity in male Sprague Dawley rat liver cytosol in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro study, the effect of Mitragyna speciosa extracts (0.01 to 750 mu g/mL) against the specific activity of glutathione transferases was examined in rat liver cytosolic fraction from untreated rats. Our data show concentration dependent inhibition of cytosolic GSTs when Mitragyna speciosa extract was added into the reaction mixture. At the highest concentration used, the methanolic extract showed the highest GSTs specific activity inhibition (61%), followed by aqueous (50%) and total alkaloid extract (43%), respectively. In in vivo study, three different dosages; 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg for methanolic and aqueous extracts and 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg for total alkaloid extract were given orally for 14 days. An increase in GST specific activity was generally observed. However, only Mitragyna speciosa aqueous extract with a dosage of 100 mg/kg showed significant results: 129% compared to control.
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