Efeito Antimutagênico da Bidens Pilosa Frente à Exposição ao Tetracloreto de Carbono

Abstract

Bidens pilosa is a medicinal plant made in abundance by flavonoids and polyacetylene, which act in the body with anti-tumor, antioxidant and antimicrobial effects. It is an herb widely used as tea to combat jaundice and hepatitis. The hypothesis is that the Bidens pilosa can be used as a hepatoprotective in cases of exposure to carbon tetrachloride and also may confer protection against mutagenicity caused by this chemical agent. Objective: To evaluate whether the topical treatment and oral with Bidens pilosa may have anti-mutagenic effect on bone marrow cells in animals exposed to carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Material and methods: 64 Wistar rats, adults, males, were divided into seven groups, treated for 10 weeks (except the positive control group). The dose of CCl4 solution was 1 ml / 100g, intraperitoneally, twice a week; the aqueous extract of Bidens pilosa was admistrated by oral gavage daily (0.5 ml / 100g); topical Bidens pilosa was by daily bath for 1 minute; the negative control group received 1ml olive oil / kg of body weight intraperitoneally twice a week and the positive control received subcutaneous single dose of cyclophosphamide (50 mg / kg) on the first day of the experiment. Groups: A - CCl4 group (n = 10); B - CCl4 Group + Bidens oral hairy, (n = 10); C - + CCl4 Group Bidens pilosa topical (n = 10); D - + CCl4 Group Bidens pilosa oral and topical (n = 10); E - Bidens pilosa orally (n = 8); F - negative control group (n = 8); G - Group positive control (n = 8). The animals of groups A, B, C, D, E and F were euthanized 10 weeks after the start of the experiment and the G group 24 hours after the start. He retired the femur to collect the bone marrow cells and realization of the micronucleus test. Results: The mean of micronuclei in the group exposed only to CCl4 was 4.00. In groups exposed to CCl4 and Bidens pilosa (oral and / or topical) and exposed only to Bidens pilosa and not exposed to CCl4 group was 0.00. In the group exposed to cyclophosphamide was 9.00. There was no statistically significant difference between groups A and C (p> 0.05), but they differed significantly from the other groups (p <0.05). Conclusion: The Bidens pilosa in oral and topical given anti-mutagenic effect of exposure to carbon tetrachloride.