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Gastroprotective Activity and Acute Toxicity of the Aqueous Extract of Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harm. (Fabaceae) Trunk Bark

Simone Véronique Fannang, Moïse Henri Julien Nko’o, William Dakam, Hans Denis Bamal, Antoine Vayaraï Manaoda, Nelly Esther Bayoi, Bertin Sone, Jean pierre Ngene, François Eya’ane Meva

International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · pp. 21–31 · Published 25 Jun 2022

10.9734/ijbcrr/2022/v31i530322

Abstract

This study was aimed at evaluating gastroprotective activity and the acute oral toxicity of the aqueous extract of the stem bark of Cylicodiscus gabunensis. Gastritis was induced with 96% (v/v) ethanol after pre-treatment with different doses of the aqueous extract of C. gabunensis. The gastroprotective effect was determined with the help of macroscopic and microscopic analysis of injured stomachs and the percentages of ulcer inhibition were calculated. Subsequently, using colorimetric methods, a phytochemical screening was carried out on the dry extract of C. gabunensis in order to determine the families of compounds present therein. After the screening, the dry extract was fixed on silica gel and mounted on a chromatographic column in order to isolate the bioactive compounds. Finally, the structures of the isolated compounds were obtained using spectral methods (MS, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HSQC, and HMBC). The result of this study shows that C. gabunensis does not present any acute toxicity at the doses tested. However, the gastroprotective effect was observed for all doses, with a maximum inhibition of the ulcer at 63.94% at the dose of 400 mg/kg of extract; against 56.73% inhibition for aluminium and magnesium hydroxide at a dose of 50 mg/kg. The phytochemical screening of the crude extract of C. gabunensis showed the presence of several secondary metabolites including sterols, triterpenes and saponins. Five compounds were isolated and characterized by spectroscopic methods as being: \(\beta\)-sitosterol (1), lupeol (2), betulinic acid (3), betulin (4) and 3-O-\(\beta\)-D- sitosterol glucopyranoside (5). LD50 has been found over 5000 mg/kg, indicating that C. gabunensis was not toxic.

Cylicodiscus gabunensis fabaceae gastroprotective oral toxicity

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