Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T. leucostaphylum. A crude extract was prepared wit …">Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T. leucostaphylum. A crude extract was prepared wit …">
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. 2020 Oct 28;25(21):4994.
doi: 10.3390/molecules25214994.

Evaluation of Various Solvent Extracts of Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston Leaves, a Bangladeshi Traditional Medicine Used for the Treatment of Diarrhea

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Evaluation of Various Solvent Extracts of Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston Leaves, a Bangladeshi Traditional Medicine Used for the Treatment of Diarrhea

Sajib Rudra et al. Molecules. .
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Abstract

Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (TL) is an important ethnic medicine of Bangladesh used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Hence, current study has been designed to characterize the antidiarrheal (in vivo) and cytotoxic (in vitro) effects of T. leucostaphylum. A crude extract was prepared with methanol (MTL) and further partitioned into n-hexane (NTL), dichloromethane (DTL), and n-butanol (BTL) fractions. Antidiarrheal activity was investigated using castor oil induced diarrhea, enteropooling, and gastrointestinal transit models, while cytotoxicity was evaluated using the brine shrimp lethality bioassay. In antidiarrheal experiments, all doses (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) of the DTL extract significantly reduced diarrheal stool frequency, volume and weight of intestinal contents, and gastrointestinal motility in mice. Similarly, in the cytotoxicity assay, all extracts exhibited activity, with the DTL extract the most potent (LC50 67.23 μg/mL). GC-MS analysis of the DTL extract identified 10 compounds, which showed good binding affinity toward M3 muscarinic acetylcholine, 5-HT3, Gut inhibitory phosphodiesterase, DNA polymerase III subunit alpha, and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1 carboxyvinyltransferase enzyme targets upon molecular docking analysis. Although ADME/T analyses predicted the drug-likeness and likely safety upon consumption of these bioactive compounds, significant toxicity concerns are evident due to the presence of the known phytotoxin, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol. In summary, T. leucostaphylum showed promising activity, helping to rationalize the ethnomedicinal use and importance of this plant, its safety profile following both acute and chronic exposure warrants further investigation.

Keywords: GC-MS; Tetrastigma leucostaphylum; antidiarrheal; cytotoxicity; ethnomedicinal plant; molecular docking and ADME/T.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Total ion chromatogram (TIC) of dichloromethane (DTL) extract of T. leucostaphylum.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cytotoxic effects of the methanol extract of the T. leucostaphylum leaves and its derived fractions against brine shrimp naupli. (A): Relation between extract concentration and percentage mortality; (B): LC50 values for cytotoxicity assay. NTL = n-hexane fraction of T. leucostaphylum; DTL = dichloromethane fraction of T. leucostaphylum; BTL = n-butanol fraction of T. leucostaphylum; MTL = methanol extract of T. leucostaphylum; vs. = vincristine sulfate.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Best mode of 3D and 2D interaction of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol with respective target proteins: (A) M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (PDB ID: 4U14); (B) 5-HT3 receptor (PDB ID: 5AIN); (C) Gut inhibitory Phosphodiesterase receptor (PDB ID: 5LAQ); (D) DNA polymerase III subunit alpha (PDB ID: 4JOM); (E) UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1-carboxyvinyltransferase (PDB ID: 4R7U). Variable colors reveal the presence of variant residue type: Orange-Acidic (Asp, Glu); Green-Hydrophobic (Ala, Val, Ile, Leu, Tyr, Phe, Trp, Met, Cys, Pro); Purple-Basic (Lys, Arg); Sky blue-polar (Ser, Thr, Gln, Asn, His, Hie); Light gray-other (Gly, Water) and Dark gray-metal atoms. Several interactions with the target receptor are drawn with lines between ligand atoms and protein residues: Solid pink: H-bonds to the protein backbones, Green: Pi-Pi stacking interactions, Red: Pi-cation interactions. Ligands solvent exposure is traced with gray spheres. The line exhibited around the ligand is noted as “Protein Pocket’’ and is marked with the color of adjacent protein residues. The disintegration of the lines displayed the onset pocket of protein.

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