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The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of some natural limonoids on ethanol-induced liver injury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_jbcpp-2019-0271_s_998_w2aab3b7c56b1b6b1aab1c14b2Aa\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Thirty-five albino mice (\n                      <jats:italic>Mus musculus<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) were administered with 40% ethanol in the presence or absence of the different limonoids [including three havanensin-type limonoids, TS1, TS3, Rubescin D isolated from an African medicinal plant,\n                      <jats:italic>Trichilia rubescens<\/jats:italic>\n                      Oliv. (Meliaceae), and one limonin], or silymarin at 50 mg\/kg for 3 days. Thereafter, the effect of the most active compound was evaluated in a chronic model of ALD. For this purpose, 24 mice with each group consisting of six mice were administered orally with 40% ethanol and limonoid at different doses (50, 75, and 100 mg\/kg) for 28 days. Finally, biochemical parameters such as alanine aminotransferase (ALT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), malondialdehyde (MDA), triglyceride (TG), and tumor necrosis factor \u03b1 (TNF-\u03b1) levels were quantified in liver homogenates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_jbcpp-2019-0271_s_997_w2aab3b7c56b1b6b1aab1c14b3Aa\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All tested limonoids significantly (p &lt; 0.01) reduced ALT levels relative to the negative control in the acute model. However, in comparison to other limonoids, limonin at 50 and 75 mg\/kg significantly reduced TG, MDA, and TNF-\u03b1 levels (1.8-fold); alleviated leukocyte infiltration in liver tissue; significantly increased the activity of SOD; and decreased those of CAT better than silymarin used as a positive control at 50 mg\/kg.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_jbcpp-2019-0271_s_996_w2aab3b7c56b1b6b1aab1c14b4Aa\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These data suggest that limonin possesses protective effects on long-term alcohol poisoning partially due to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jbcpp-2019-0271","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,7]],"date-time":"2020-04-07T17:44:25Z","timestamp":1586281465000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Natural limonoids protect mice from alcohol-induced liver injury"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Abacuc","family":"Valansa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Ngaoundere , Ngaoundere , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Borris Rosnay","family":"Tietcheu Galani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Ngaoundere , Ngaoundere , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pascal Dieudonne","family":"Djamen Chuisseu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Universit\u00e9 des Montagnes , PO Box 208 Bangangt\u00e9 , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5672-046X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Armelle","family":"Tontsa Tsamo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science , University of Yaounde I , Yaounde , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincent Brice","family":"Ayissi Owona","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmacology and Molecular Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry , University of Yaound\u00e9 1 , Yaounde , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Yanou Njintang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Ngaoundere , Ngaoundere , Cameroon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026041712571406164_j_jbcpp-2019-0271_ref_001_w2aab3b7c56b1b6b1ab2b2b1Aa","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Louvet A, Mathurin P. 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