The Study of Activity of the Sum of Triterpene Acids From Fruits of Sea Buckthorn and Cranberry on the Model of Chronic Inflammation
Mandatory stage of the study of new compounds with strong pharmacological activity is the study of possible mechanisms of action. The purpose of this study was to investigate anti-inflammatory activity the amount of triterpene acids when they are used in the medical scheme in terms of adjuvant-induced arthritis. The studies were performed on rats male Wistar weighing 210-230 gr. Model of arthritis was reproduced by subplantar injection of 0.1 ml Freind´scomplete adjuvant (Sigma, USA) into the right hind paw of rats. The researched objects (the triterpenoids buckthorn and cranberry) were administered orally once a day in the form of an aqueous suspension at a dose of 100 mg/kg of the medical scheme (for 12 days, starting 14 days after adjuvant injection). The diclofenac at a dose of 8 mg/kg was used as the comparison drug. The intensity of the inflammatory response was recorded by ecometrics data. The authors found that the introduction of diclofenac was accompanied by a decrease in the intensity of primary and secondary inflammatory response. Triterpenoids cranberry reduced the primary reaction and had a slight influence on the formation of secondary inflammation. The use of triterpenoids buckthorn in these experimental conditions had no reliably significant effect on the intensity of the inflammatory process.