Review Article

The Great Healing Potential Hidden in Plant Preparations of Antioxidant Properties: A Return to Nature?

Table 15

The protective effects of plant origin materials in an ischaemia/reperfusion model.

ReferencePlant extract, dose, way and time of treatment, and animalsInducing factor and negative effectsProtective effects of plant materialEffects of plant per se

Caskurlu et al. [124]Nigella Sativa seeds oil
Pretreatment, a single dose of 400 mg/kg p.o., 3 days before reperfusion
Male Sprague-Dawley rats, 250-300 g, 10-12 weeks
Renal reperfusion injury
45 min occlusion of the bilateral renal pedicles + reperfusion (24 h)
Kidney: tubulointerstitial damage ↑, glomerular injury score ↑, GPx, CAT ↓, MDA ↑
Kidney: tubulointerstitial damage (++), glomerular injury score (++), GPx, CAT, MDA (++)Not studied

Sravanthi and Rao [126]Pentapetes phoenicea methanolic extract
Pretreatment, for 10 days
100, 200 or 400 mg/kg/day
Male Wistar rats, 300–350 g
Global cerebral ischemia induced by temporary bilateral carotid artery occlusion (30 min) and subsequent 4 h reperfusion
Brain: weight, water and protein content, infarct volume and LPO ↑, SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GR, GST ↓
Brain: weight, water and protein content, infarct volume, MDA, SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx, GR, GST (++ all doses)
The greater the dose the better the effect
Not studied

Cakir et al. [123]Hypericum perforatum 80% ethanol extract
50 mg/kg, i.p., at the beginning of ischemia
Male Sprague-Dawley rats, 300–350 g
Right nephrectomy and subsequent ischaemia (45 min)/reperfusion (3 h) of the left kidney
Serum: BUN and creatinine ↑
Kidney: CAT, SOD, GPx ↓, MDA ↑
Kidney: hydropic changes, tubular dilation, tubular desquamation congestion ↑
Serum: BUN and creatinine (-)
Kidney: CAT, SOD, GPx and MDA (+++)
Kidney: tubular desquamation congestion, hydropic changes, tubular dilation (++)
Not studied

Godinho et al. [125]Trichilia catigua ethyl-acetate fraction of acetone-water (7 : 3) extract
200 mg/kg, 0.5 h before and 1 h after surgery (total dose 400 mg/kg), p.o.
Male Wistar rats, 3-month-old
Cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion 4-VO model of transient global cerebral ischaemia, 15 min ischaemia
Brain: GSH, GSH/GSSG, CAT, SOD ↓, GSSG, PCG, MDA ↑
Brain: CAT (0), GSH, GSSG, GSH/GSSG, SOD, PCG, MDA (+++)Not studied

↓: a decrease vs. control; ↑: an increase vs. control; (++): a distinct beneficial effect; (+++): a complete beneficial effect; (0): no beneficial effect; (-): intensification of the harmful effect.