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Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
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Citrus fruits are among the most important economical crops, because of their nutritional value, medicinal importance, and
unique flavor. Gas liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry of the hydro-distilled oil from the root resulted in the identification
of 110 compounds with germacrene B (22%), aromadendrene (21.6%), α-santalene (7.1%), geijerene (4,81%), germacrene D
(4.3%), and limonene (3.4%) as major constituents. In addition, chemical profiling the dichloromethane fraction of the root
analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography-photo diode array detector-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry
afforded the identification of 43 compounds belonging to acridone alkaloids, coumarins, and flavonoids. Moreover, xanthyletin,
citracridone I and II, clausarin, O-methylcitrusinine-I, and grandisinine were isolated as major metabolites using column chromatography
and characterized depending on different spectroscopic techniques. Xanthyletin and citracridone I were investigated
for their in vitro cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma and breast adenocarcinoma cell lines, and in vivo protective effect
against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and cardiotoxicity in different dose levels in a rat model. Xanthyletin and citracridone I
showed protective activity against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. It attenuated cisplatin-induced elevation of both serum urea
and creatinine in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, xanthyletin attenuated cisplatin-induced elevation of malondialdehyde
and glutathione in both renal and cardiac tissues.
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