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Coumarins from Seseli devenyense Simonk.: Isolation by Liquid-Liquid Chromatography and Potential Anxiolytic Activity Using an In Vivo Zebrafish Larvae Model

Authors
Widelski, J., Luca, S.V., Skiba, A., Maciąg, M., Budzyńska, B., Marcourt, L., Wolfender, J.L., Skalicka-Woźniak, K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210307-27
Date
2021
Source
International Journal of Molecular Sciences   22(4): (Journal)
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Keywords
Apiaceae, Danio rerio, Seseli devenyense, anxiety, central nervous system, countercurrent chromatography
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents*/chemistry
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents*/isolation & purification
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents*/pharmacology
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Coumarins*/chemistry
  • Coumarins*/isolation & purification
  • Coumarins*/pharmacology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/embryology*
  • Embryonic Development/drug effects*
  • Fruit/chemistry*
  • Plants/chemistry*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
PubMed
33673195 Full text @ Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Abstract
Different types of anxiety disorders have become the number one mental health issue in developed countries. The search for new, safer and effective drug-like molecules among naturally derived substances faces two difficulties: an efficient method of isolation compounds with a high-purity and high-throughput animal model for activity assay. Thus, the aim of the present study was to isolate by liquid-liquid chromatography high-purity rare coumarins from the fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonk. and evaluate their anxiolytic effect (defined as reversed thimotaxis) using a 5-days post-fertilization (dpf) Danio rerio larvae model. Liquid-liquid chromatography enabled the isolation of one simple hydroxycoumarin (devenyol) and four pyranocoumarins (cis-khellactone, d-laserpitin, isolaserpitin and octanoyllomatin). The anxiolytic effect was defined as a decrease in the time spent in the boundaries of the living space (also described as reversed thigmotaxis). Our results show that all isolated courmarins exerted a significant influence on the anxiety behavior (anxiolytic activity) in the zebrafish larvae model. According to our knowledge, this is the first report of anxiolytic activity of pyranocoumarins and devenyol.
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