JOURNAL OF THE CZECH PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND THE SLOVAK PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

Čes. slov. farm. 2018, 67(3):101-106 | DOI: 10.36290/csf.2018.014

The immunomodulatory activity of ethanolic extracts from Galium verum L. herb.

Igor L. Shinkovenko1, Natalia V. Kashpur2, Tetiana V. Ilina1,*, Alla M. Kovalyova1, Olga V. Goryacha1, Oleh M. Koshovyi1, Olena V. Kryvoruchko1, Andryi M. Komissarenko1
1 National University of Pharmacy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2 Laboratory of Immunorehabilitology of the Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

The present article discusses the results of the research into the phytochemical profile and immunomodulatory activity of Galii veri herba (Galium verum L., Rubiaceae) ethanolic extracts. The extracts under study were obtained from the plant material by means of maceration technique with 20% aqueous ethanol solution (fluid extract I), 60% aqueous ethanol solution (fluid extract II) and 96% ethanol (fluid extract III) on heating. In the substances obtained, the content of hydroxycinnamic derivatives, flavonoids and polyphenols were determined spectrophotometrically; polysaccharides were quantified gravimetrically; the immunomodulatory activity of the substances under study was determined in the reaction of lymphocyte blast transformation (RLBT). It was established that fluid extract I contained 2.4% polysaccharides, 3.1% hydroxycinnamic derivatives, 0.24% flavonoids, and 2.9% polyphenols; the fluid extract II contained 4.13% hydroxycinnamic derivatives, 0.16% flavonoids, and 3.84% polyphenols; fluid extract III contained 2.7% hydroxycinnamic derivatives, 0.18% flavonoids and 2.7% polyphenols. All the extracts under study possessed a marked stimulant effect on the transformation activity of the immunocompetent blood cells. The highest immunomodulatory activity was established for 96% ethanol extract: the percentage of lymphocytes proliferating in RLBT under the influence of this extract increased by 6.77-8.04 times in comparison with their spontaneous transformation and by 1.14-1.36 times in comparison with phytohemagglutinin. The results obtained give grounds for further research in the mechanisms of the immunomodulatory activity of the extracts of G. verum herb.

Keywords: ethanolic extracts; Galium verum L.; immunomodulatory activity; lymphocyte blast transformation
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This study was supported by the Laboratory of Immunorehabilitology of the Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Received: April 24, 2018; Accepted: July 30, 2018; Published: March 1, 2018  Show citation

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Shinkovenko IL, Kashpur NV, Ilina TV, Kovalyova AM, Goryacha OV, Koshovyi OM, et al.. The immunomodulatory activity of ethanolic extracts from Galium verum L. herb. Čes. slov. farm. 2018;67(3):101-106. doi: 10.36290/csf.2018.014.
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