The quest for bioactives that confer protection against chemotherapy induced cardio toxicity is a front-line area of cardio oncology research. Species of genus Morchella have been used in traditional medicine to treat asthma, wound healing, cough, cold, indigestion, excessive phlegm and breathlessness. M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevention of anticancer drugs-induced cardiotoxicity remains an imperative area of oncology research as it continues to be a major challenge in cancer chemotherapy. This study was undertaken to investigate the protective effect of methanol extract of Morchella esculenta (ME) against cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced cardiotoxicity. Myocardial damage was assessed by biochemical and histopathological methods.
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November 2023
Morel mushrooms, Morchella species are highly nutritional, excellently edible and medicinal. Anticancer activity of M. elata, growing in forests of Kashmir Himalaya was studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDoxorubicin (DOX) is an extensively used anticancer drug for chemotherapy. Cardiotoxicity induced by DOX is an impediment in its clinical use. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect of a bioactive extract of an excellently edible morel mushroom, Morchella esculenta (ME) to attenuate DOX - induced cardiotoxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of the polysaccharide-protein complex isolated from the fruiting bodies (GLFPPC) and cultured mycelia (GLMPPC) of a highly valued medicinal mushroom, Ganoderma lucidum, to alleviate doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiotoxicity. GLFPPC and GLMPPC were isolated from aqueous-alcoholic extracts of fruiting bodies and cultured mycelia of G. lucidum by repeated ethanol precipitation, dialysis, treatment with Sevag reagent, and freeze drying.
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