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Preclinical Assessment of Cardiovascular Alterations Induced by Birch Polypore Mushroom, Piptoporus betulinus (Agaricomycetes). 2017

James Oluwagbamigbe Fajemiroye, and Aline A Mourão, and Stefanne Madalena Marques, and Lanussy Porfiro de Oliveira, and Jeronimo Raimundo de Oliveira Neto, and Abimbola Christanah Elusiyan, and Gustavo Rodrigues Pedrino, and Elson Alves Costa, and Luiz Carlos da Cunha, and Jordan K Zjawiony

Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, GO, Brazil; Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Federal University of Goias, Campus Samambaia, Goiania, GO, Brazil.

Piptoporus betulinus has been used in folk medicine for millennia. However, no data currently exist regarding its potential cardiovascular activity. In this work, the crude ethanolic extract and fractions (hexane, ethyl acetate, and water) with increased polarity from the partitioning process, as well as stigmasterol (the major metabolite isolated from P. betulinus), were administered orally at different doses to normotensive male Wistar rats an hour before recording mean arterial pressure, heart rate, renal blood flow, renal vascular conductance, arterial blood flow, and arterial vascular conductance. The acute oral administration of crude ethanolic extract and all fractions did not alter mean arterial pressure when compared with the control group, which received a vehicle. In addition, subchronic (14 days) oral administration of crude ethanolic extract, fractions, and stigmasterol did not alter cardiovascular parameters. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that oral administration of organic extracts of P. betulinus did not induce cardiovascular alterations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002319	Cardiovascular System	The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body.	Circulatory System,Cardiovascular Systems,Circulatory Systems
D000284	Administration, Oral	The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth.	Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013265	Stigmasterol		Poriferasterol
D017208	Rats, Wistar	A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain.	Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D045424	Complex Mixtures	Mixtures of many components in inexact proportions, usually natural, such as PLANT EXTRACTS; VENOMS; and MANURE. These are distinguished from DRUG COMBINATIONS which have only a few components in definite proportions.	Complex Extract,Complex Mixture,Crude Extract,Mixtures, Complex,Complex Extracts,Crude Extracts,Extracts, Complex,Extracts, Crude,Extract, Complex,Extract, Crude,Mixture, Complex
D020072	Polyporales	An order of fungi in the phylum BASIDIOMYCOTA having macroscopic basidiocarps. The members are characterized by their saprophytic activities as decomposers, particularly in the degradation of CELLULOSE and LIGNIN. A large number of species in the order have been used medicinally. (From Alexopoulos, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed, pp504-68)	Aphyllophorales,Aphyllophorale,Polyporale