期刊
MARINE DRUGS
卷 7, 期 4, 页码 689-704出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md7040689
关键词
Caulerpa racemosa; antinociceptive; anti-inflammatory; caulerpin
资金
- CAPES
- CNPq
- MCT
- FAPEAL
- INCT-INOFAR-CNPq
- Environmental Ministry
The antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity of caulerpin was investigated. This bisindole alkaloid was isolated from the lipoid extract of Caulerpa racemosa and its structure was identified by spectroscopic methods, including IR and NMR techniques. The pharmacological assays used were the writhing and the hot plate tests, the formalin-induced pain, the capsaicin-induced ear edema and the carrageenan-induced peritonitis. Caulerpin was given orally at a concentration of 100 mu mol/kg. In the abdominal constriction test caulerpin showed reduction in the acetic acid-induced nociception at 0.0945 mu mol (0.0103-1.0984) and for dypirone it was 0.0426 mu mol (0.0092-0.1972). In the hot plate test in vivo the inhibition of nociception by caulerpin (100 mu mol/kg, p. o.) was also favorable. This result suggests that this compound exhibits a central activity, without changing the motor activity (seen in the rotarod test). Caulerpin (100 mu mol/kg, p. o.) reduced the formalin effects in both phases by 35.4% and 45.6%, respectively. The possible anti-inflammatory activity observed in the second phase in the formalin test of caulerpin (100 mu mol/kg, p. o.) was confirmed on the capsaicin-induced ear edema model, where an inhibition of 55.8% was presented. Indeed, it was also observed in the carrageenan-induced peritonitis that caulerpin (100 mu mol/kg, p. o.) exhibited anti-inflammatory activity, reducing significantly the number of recruit cells by 48.3%. Pharmacological studies are continuing in order to characterize the mechanism(s) responsible for the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory actions and also to identify other active principles present in Caulerpa racemosa.
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