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Anti-HCV potential of the medicinal roots of khella and celery plants

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Pharmacognosy

Abstract

Khella (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.) and celery (Apium graveolens L.) are two valuable medicinal plant species with a wide-ranging health and therapeutic benefits, including hepatoprotective and antiviral properties. Thus, in this work, the total ethanolic extracts of the roots of the aforementioned species were studied for their antiviral potential against Hepatitis C virus (HCV) using the in vitro luciferase assay. The obtained data demonstrated the noteworthy inhibitory activity of khella roots against HCV (IC50= 9.5 µg/ml), while no noticeable inhibition was shown by celery roots. Besides, three phytosterols (I‒III) and one furanochromone (IV), with previously reported antiviral properties, were isolated and identified from khella roots for the first time. These data could pave the way towards further phytochemical and biological investigation of such medicinal roots as potential sources of natural anti-HCV agents.

DOI

10.21608/jabps.2023.201852.1186

Keywords

Ammi visnaga, Apium graveolens, Hepatitis virus C, Medicinal roots, secondary metabolites

Authors

First Name

John

Last Name

Fahim

MiddleName

Refaat

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt

Email

johnrefaat82@yahoo.com

City

Minia

Orcid

0000-0002-2425-0819

First Name

Shereen

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Sayed Taha

Affiliation

Department of pharmacognosy, faculty of pharmacy, Minia university

Email

shereensayed709@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-4864-9154

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Abdelmohsen

MiddleName

Ramadan

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt

Email

usama.ramadan@mu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-1014-6922

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Hamed

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-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt

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ashrafnag@yahoo.com

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-

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Volume

6

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42142

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-03-23

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

145

Page End

149

Print ISSN

2535-1869

Online ISSN

2535-2040

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https://jabps.journals.ekb.eg/article_303627.html

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Original Article

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522

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Publication Title

Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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https://jabps.journals.ekb.eg/

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Anti-HCV potential of the medicinal roots of khella and celery plants

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23 Dec 2024