Publications by authors named "V U Buko"

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  • The study assessed the therapeutic effects of chlorogenic acid (CGA) on rats with advanced alcoholic steatohepatitis induced by a high-fat diet and ethanol for 8 weeks.
  • Ethanol-treated rats showed signs of liver damage including steatosis, inflammation, and upregulation of several harmful genes related to oxidative stress, inflammation, and fibrosis.
  • CGA treatment significantly decreased detrimental gene expression and improved liver conditions, highlighting its potential as a protective and anti-inflammatory agent against alcoholic steatohepatitis.
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The interaction between sertraline hydrochloride (SRT) and randomly methylated β-cyclodextrin (RMβCD) molecules have been investigated at 298.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The method used-Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) enabled to determine values of the thermodynamic functions like the enthalpy (ΔH), the entropy (ΔS) and the Gibbs free energy (ΔG) of binding for the examined system.

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Hypoglycemic and antioxidant properties of extracts of medicinal plants L. (aboveground part) and yacon ( Poepp. & Endl.

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Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1)-associated reactive oxygen species production plays an important role in the development and progression of inflammatory liver diseases such as alcoholic steatohepatitis. We developed two new inhibitors for this isoenzyme, namely 12-imidazolyl-1-dodecanol (I-ol) and 1-imidazolyldodecane (I-an), and aimed to test their effects on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The fat-rich and CYP2E1 inducing Lieber-DeCarli diet was administered over 16 weeks of the experimental period to induce the disease in a rat model, and the experimental substances were administered simultaneously over the last four weeks.

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Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) is a key target protein in the development of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (FLD). The pathophysiological correlate is the massive production of reactive oxygen species. The role of CYP2E1 in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the final complication of FLD, remains controversial.

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