Assessment of the antisickling activity of total methanolic extracts from the rhizomes and roots of C. longa and the effect of photodegradation on the antisickling activity
| Main Author: | Koto-te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, |
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| Format: | Article |
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, 2017
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1000398 |
Daftar Isi:
- For centuries, extracts from the rhizomes of C. longa L. were used in Asian and African traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases. Several studies reported that the extracts of the rhizomes of this plant possess a broad pharmacological potential, nevertheless the studies on the antisickling activity have not been carried out yet and biological studies on other organs of the plant, namely roots remain poor or not yet performed. Using Emmel test, the antisickling activity of total methanolic extracts of rhizomes and roots of this plant was performed. In addition, we assessed the impact of photodegradation on the antisickling action of total methanolic extracts from C. longa rhizomes and roots. To achieve this goal, some of our samples (rhizomes and roots) were dried in the open (i.e. exposed to the sun) and the other part was dried the laboratory temperature under shade. It is known that curcumin, which is the main active ingredient of turmeric longa, degrades in the presence of the UV rays; which justifies the the hypothesis of this work. This study allowed us to conclude that photodegradation has no impact on the antisickling activity of the extracts and all the extracts (total methanolic extracts from rhizomes and roots) showed a good antisickling activity. We suggest further studies that can identify the active compounds responsible of the antisickling activity of C. longa rhizomes and roots as well as to demonstrate their mechanism of action.