Effect of commercial plants for medicinal use on the activity of complement of turtle serum (Chelonoidis chilensis: Testudinidae)
Keywords:
Complement, Hemolysis, Plants, TurtleAbstract
Castro, Juan F.; Nora B. Muruaga. 2015. “Effect of commercial plants for medicinal use on the activity of complement of turtle serum (Chelonoidis chilensis: Testudinidae)”. Lilloa 52 (1). The aim of this work was determine the in vitro effect that, in an experimental model, have 27 medicinal plants commercialized in San Miguel de Tucumán. This model is based on the spontaneous lysis activity that turtle blood serum alternative pathway of complement system has over mammalian erythrocytes. Medicinal plants were used as infusion. The results showed that most (15) of the tested plants inhibited hemolysis; some (2) had no effect and several (10) increased it. The controls showed that the plants infusion had no lytic effect on erythrocytes per se. Experiments suggest that the action of the vegetal components is exerted on the last steps of the lytic cascade
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