Nutritional research has recently shifted from alleviating nutrient deficiencies to chronic disease prevention. In this study activity of cactus pear fruit extract (CPFE) from Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. has been investigated in carrageenin-induced pleurisy, a rat model of acute inflammation. In our experimental design rat pleurisy was achieved by the injection of 0.2 ml of λ-carrageenin in the pleural cavity. At selected time points, rats were sacrificed; cells recruited in pleura were counted and exudates collected to analyse inflammatory parameters such as NO, PGE2, IL-1β, TNF-α. CPFE (in the range between 5 and 20 g fresh fruit equivalent/kg), orally given 30 min before the injection, time- and dose-dependently reduced the exudate volume (up to 72%) and the number of leukocytes recruited in the pleural cavity (up to 96%), at 24 h. These anti-inflammatory effects were accompanied by an inhibited release of inflammatory mediators (PGE2, NO, IL-1β, TNF-α). Our in vivo findings unveil for the first time an anti-inflammatory potential for cactus pear fruit and suggest further investigations to propose cactus pear fruit as a functional food able to improve health, possibly by preventing inflammation-based disorders.

Cactus Pear Fruit Extract Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Carrageenin-Induced Rat Pleurisy / Allegra, M.; Tesoriere, L; Livrea, M. A.; Ianaro, Angela; Panza, Elisabetta. - 1067:(2015), pp. 19-25. (Intervento presentato al convegno VIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CACTUS PEAR AND COCHINEAL tenutosi a Palermo, Italy nel OCT 28-31, 2013).

Cactus Pear Fruit Extract Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Carrageenin-Induced Rat Pleurisy

IANARO, ANGELA;PANZA, ELISABETTA
2015

Abstract

Nutritional research has recently shifted from alleviating nutrient deficiencies to chronic disease prevention. In this study activity of cactus pear fruit extract (CPFE) from Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. has been investigated in carrageenin-induced pleurisy, a rat model of acute inflammation. In our experimental design rat pleurisy was achieved by the injection of 0.2 ml of λ-carrageenin in the pleural cavity. At selected time points, rats were sacrificed; cells recruited in pleura were counted and exudates collected to analyse inflammatory parameters such as NO, PGE2, IL-1β, TNF-α. CPFE (in the range between 5 and 20 g fresh fruit equivalent/kg), orally given 30 min before the injection, time- and dose-dependently reduced the exudate volume (up to 72%) and the number of leukocytes recruited in the pleural cavity (up to 96%), at 24 h. These anti-inflammatory effects were accompanied by an inhibited release of inflammatory mediators (PGE2, NO, IL-1β, TNF-α). Our in vivo findings unveil for the first time an anti-inflammatory potential for cactus pear fruit and suggest further investigations to propose cactus pear fruit as a functional food able to improve health, possibly by preventing inflammation-based disorders.
2015
978-94-62610-61-3
Cactus Pear Fruit Extract Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Carrageenin-Induced Rat Pleurisy / Allegra, M.; Tesoriere, L; Livrea, M. A.; Ianaro, Angela; Panza, Elisabetta. - 1067:(2015), pp. 19-25. (Intervento presentato al convegno VIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CACTUS PEAR AND COCHINEAL tenutosi a Palermo, Italy nel OCT 28-31, 2013).
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