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Provedor de dados: | 64
País: | Brazil
Título: | Annona crassiflora Mart. fruit pulp effects on biochemical parameters and rat colon carcinogenesis
Autores: | Venâncio,Vinícius Paula; Ferreira,Eric Batista; Brigagão,Maísa Ribeiro Pereira Lima; Paula,Fernanda Borges de Araújo; Barbisan,Luis Fernando; Azevedo,Luciana.
Data: | 2013-08-01
Ano: | 2013
Palavras-chave: | Aberrant crypt foci; Brazilian savannah; Dimethylhydrazine; Immunohistochemistry; Oxidative stress.
Resumo: | A. crassiflora Mart. a Brazilian savannah fruit, is a source of phytochemical compounds that possess a wide array of biological activities, including free radical scavenging. This native fruit proved to potentialize the mutagenic process in previous in vivo investigations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of A. crassiflora Mart. pulp intake on colonic cell proliferation and on the development of Aberrant Crypt Foci (ACF) in male Wistar rats. The animals were fed with either a commercial diet or a diet supplemented with A. crassiflora Mart. pulp mixed in 1%, 10% or 20% (w/w) for 4 weeks or 20 weeks. The carcinogen 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (4 doses, 40 mg kg-1 each) was used to induce colonic ACF. After euthanasia, the blood, liver and colon samples were collected for biochemical determinations, oxidative stress or ACF development analysis, respectively. Immunohistochemical analyses of the colonic mucosa were performed using antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in normal-appearing colonic crypt and β-catenin in ACF. There was no ACF development in the colon from groups treated with A. crassiflora Mart. pulp. Also, the biochemical and oxidative stress analysis, PCNA labeling and ACF development (number, multiplicity or cellular localization of β-catenin) were unchanged as a result of marolo pulp intake. Thus, the present results suggest that A. crassiflora Mart. pulp intake did not exert any protective effect in the colon carcinogenesis induced by DMH in rats.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542013000400008
Editor: | Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-70542013000400008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência e Agrotecnologia  v.37 n.4 2013
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess