Anti-hemorrhagic effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of the leaves of Mikania glomerata in lesions induced by Bothrops jararaca venom in rats.

Abstract

PURPOSE:

To investigate the effects of hydroalcoholic leaf extract of Mikania glomerata Spreng (Asteraceae) on the activity of Bothrops jararaca snake venom in Wistar rats.

METHODS:

Fifty four rats Wistar were divided into six groups of nine animals in each: control treated with saline; control treated with B. jararaca venom; control treated with M. glomerata extract; B. jararaca venom incubated with M. glomerata extract at proportions of 1:1, 1:2, and 1:4.

RESULTS:

Histopathological and morphometric analysis showed that intradermal administration of snake venom incubated with the hydroalcoholic extract at proportions of 1:1, 1:2 and 1:4 promoted a significant reduction in the number of inflammatory cells and a marked decrease in edema after the third hour. There was also a significant reduction in the intensity of the hemorrhagic halo in animals receiving the snake venom incubated with the extract, with the observation of a progressive and parallel inhibition with increasing proportion of M. glomerata.

CONCLUSION:

The Mikania glomerata hydroalcoholic extract exerted effective anti-inflammatory and antihemorrhagic activity against the effects induced by Bothrops jararaca snake venom.

• Authors: Vanessa Barreto Mourão, Gleice Mara Giraldi, Lia Mara Grosso Neves, Fernanda Oliveira de Gaspari de Gaspi, Rodney Alexandre Ferreira Rodrigues, Armindo Antonio Alves, Marcelo Augusto Marreto Esquisatto, Mauricio Ventura Mazzi, Fernanda Aparecida Sampaio Mendonça, Gláucia Maria Tech dos Santos
• Journal: Acta cirurgica brasileira (Acta Cir Bras) Vol. 29 Issue 1 Pg. 30-7 (Jan 2014) ISSN: 1678-2674 [Electronic] Brazil
• PMID: 24474175 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Crotalid Venoms
• Plant Extracts

Topics

• Animals
• Bothrops
• Crotalid Venoms (antagonists & inhibitors, toxicity)
• Edema (chemically induced, drug therapy, pathology)
• Hemorrhage (chemically induced, drug therapy, pathology)
• Male
• Mikania
• Plant Extracts (pharmacology)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Skin Diseases (chemically induced, pathology, prevention & control)