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. 2022 Nov 24;58(12):1719.
doi: 10.3390/medicina58121719.

Dinebra retroflexa Herbal Phytotherapy: A Simulation Study Based on Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Retraction Potential in Swiss Albino Rats

Atef A El-Hela  1 , Mostafa M Hegazy  1 , Hatem S Abbass  1   2 , Amal H Ahmed  3 , Marwa S Abu Bakr  3 , Rawah H Elkousy  3 , Adel Ehab Ibrahim  4   5 , Sami El Deeb  4   6 , Ossama M Sayed  7 , Enas S Gad  8   9
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Dinebra retroflexa Herbal Phytotherapy: A Simulation Study Based on Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis Retraction Potential in Swiss Albino Rats

Atef A El-Hela et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Fibrotic lung disease is one of the main complications of many medical conditions. Therefore, the use of anti-fibrotic agents may provide a chance to prevent, or at least modify, such complication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective pulmonary anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects of Dinebra retroflexa. Materials and methods: Dinebra retroflexa methanolic extract and its synthesized silver nanoparticles were tested on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Pulmonary fibrosis was induced by intratracheal instillation of bleomycin (5 mg/5 mL/kg-Saline) as a supposed model for induced lung fibrosis. The weed evaluation was performed by intratracheal instillation of Dinebra retroflexa methanolic extract and its silver nanoparticles (35 mg/100 mL/kg-DMSO, single dose). Results: The results showed that both Dinebra retroflexa methanolic extract and its silver nanoparticles had a significant pulmonary fibrosis retraction potential, with Ashcroft scores of three and one, respectively, and degrees of collagen deposition reduction of 33.8 and 46.1%, respectively. High-resolution UHPLC/Q-TOF-MS/MS metabolic profiling and colorimetrically polyphenolic quantification were performed for further confirmation and explanation of the represented effects. Such activity was believed to be due to the tentative identification of twenty-seven flavonoids and one phenolic acid along with a phenolic content of 57.8 mg/gm (gallic acid equivalent) and flavonoid content of 22.5 mg/gm (quercetin equivalent). Conclusion: Dinebra retroflexa may be considered as a promising anti-fibrotic agent for people at high risk of complicated lung fibrosis. The results proved that further clinical trials would be recommended to confirm the proposed findings.

Keywords: Dinebra retroflexa; UHPLC/QTOF-MS/MS; bleomycin; pulmonary fibrosis; silver nanoparticles.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
TEM images of Ag-NPs prepared by citrate reduction (a) and DRE reduction (b).
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Figure 2
Effect of DRE and DRN on lung histopathology in BLM male Swiss albino rats (H&E × 100; image resolution 300 DPI).
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Figure 3
Effect of DRE and DRN on collagen deposition in the lungs of BLM male Swiss albino rats (Masson Trichrome × 100; image resolution 300 DPI).
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