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Black cumin seed oil as inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase in LPS-induced acute liver injury in mice

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Acute hepatitis is characterized by acute hepatic parenchymal inflammation, raising liver function indices, and offering little chance of successful treatment. Consequently, there is a lot of curiosity in the discovery of natural products as valuable alternatives to traditional anti-inflammatory agents with inhibitory effect, especially on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO). Black cumin seed oil (BCSO) possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties due to the constituent of thymoquinone (TQ). The protective anti-inflammatory properties of BCSO and its nanoemulsion formulation were investigated in mice that had been given lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to cause liver injury by hepatic inflammatory markers assessment on both gene and protein levels, molecular docking, and histological examination. Results showed that BCSO is a promising potent COX-2 inhibitor. The nanoemulsion was shown to enhance the anti-inflammatory effect of BCSO compared to Indomethacin as standard anti-inflammatory drug. In order to reduce these side effects, combinatorial therapy of BCSO with Indomethacin at comparatively lower doses of Indomethacin showed a potentiated anti-inflammatory effect. TQ showed enhanced binding affinity interaction to (5-LO) that may explain its potential inhibitory activity to COX-2. The current presented data suggests the potential anti-inflammatory effect of both BCSO and its nanoemulsion for wide scale clinical applications.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.254527.8975

Keywords

BCSO, Liver inflammation, LPS, COX-2, 5-LO, TQ, Indomethacin

Authors

First Name

Rehab

Last Name

Hosni

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Affiliation

El Sisi Comprehensive clinic, General Authority for Health Insurance-Giza, 12556, Giza, Egypt.

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egy.hoba.2612@gmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Haffez

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Affiliation

Center of Scientific Excellence “Helwan Structural Biology Research, (HSBR)”, Helwan University, 11795, Cairo, Egypt. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University 11795, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

hesham.haffez@pharm.helwan.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Amin

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University

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hatem.k.amin@pharm.helwan.edu.eg

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Cairo

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Volume

67

Article Issue

6

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47152

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2023-12-10

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2024-06-01

Page Start

395

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404

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_341722.html

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341,722

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Black cumin seed oil as inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase in LPS-induced acute liver injury in mice

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30 Dec 2024