Plant biochemistry and molecular biology

Acute Toxicity Study on Zebrafish of Commonly Used Soup Ingredient Ficus Plant in Southern Fujian Province

  • WANG Ke ,
  • WU Yi-hong ,
  • LIU Shun-zhi ,
  • FAN Shi-ming ,
  • QIU Ying-kun
Expand
  • (1.Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361105, Fujian China; 2.Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350122, Fujian China)

Received date: 2020-11-10

  Revised date: 2020-12-18

  Online published: 2020-12-30

Abstract

Zebrafish model was used to evaluate the acute toxicity of aqueous extracts and alcohol extracts of different medicinal parts of Ficus hirta, F. erecta var. beecheyana, F. pumila, F. variolosa. The mortality rate of fish was recorded at 48 h and 96 h after the administration of the extracts, and the embryonic malformation rate and embryonic development of each group were observed by stereomicroscopy. The results showed that the water extracts of the roots, stems, leaves, fruits and other different medicinal parts of the plants of Ficus in Moraceae were low or non-toxic at a dose of 200 μg·mL-1, and had no adverse effects on zebrafish embryos, the effect of promoting embryo growth was observed. However, the alcohol extract had a certain effect on zebrafish embryo development at high doses. The alcohol extracts from thick leaf of F. hirta, the stems and leaves of F. erecta var. beecheyana, and the leaves of F. variolosa led to the tail deformity of zebrafish embryos. The alcohol extracts from F. pumila leaves, fruit had obvious pericardial edema. The results showed that the above-mentioned medicinal materials were safe and non-toxic when used as traditional soup materials, but the dosage should be paid attention to when used as medicinal wine raw materials.

Cite this article

WANG Ke , WU Yi-hong , LIU Shun-zhi , FAN Shi-ming , QIU Ying-kun . Acute Toxicity Study on Zebrafish of Commonly Used Soup Ingredient Ficus Plant in Southern Fujian Province[J]. Subtropical Plant Science, 2020 , 49(06) : 433 -437 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1009-7791.2020.06.004

References

[1] 中国科学院植物志编辑委员会. 中国植物志[M]. 北京: 科学出版社, 1993. [2] 张和禹,胡娟霞. 桑科植物的药用价值[J]. 蚕桑茶叶通讯, 2011(1): 3–5. [3] 李林轩,吴庆华,蔡锦源,林伟,韦坤华. 五指毛桃组织培养获得再生植株的研究[J]. 中草药, 2014,45(17): 2547–2551. [4] Ying X, Ying Y, Guang L U, Wang X, Chen X. Extraction technology of total flavonoids from the roots of Ficus beecheyana[J]. Medicinal Plant, 2013(5): 29–32. [5] Leong C N, Tako M, Hanashiro I, Tamaki H. Antioxidant flavonoid glycosides from the leaves of Ficus pumila L.[J]. Food Chemistry, 2008,109(2): 415–20. [6] Huang J X, Tong W, Zhuang X Y. Study on niche of the woody species in the major forest communities in Zengcheng City[J]. Journal of South China Agricultural University, 2003,24(4): 52–55. [7] Kumar K, Ansari B A. Malathion toxicity: Skeletal deformities in zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio, Cyprinidae)[J]. Pesticide Science, 1984,15(2): 107–111. [8] 曹雨诞,李征军,陈海鹰,张丽. 甘遂不同炮制品及提取物对斑马鱼的急性毒性研究[J]. 中国现代应用药学, 2013(2): 140–143. [9] 陈胜发,刘彦超,龙凤来. 榕属植物化学成分研究进展[J]. 杨凌职业技术学院学报, 2010,9(3): 13–17. [10] 范明松,叶冠,黄成钢. 榕属植物化学成分和药理作用研究进展[J]. 天然产物研究与开发, 2005(4): 497–504. [11] 李英英,王祝年,晏小霞. 药用植物薜荔的研究进展[J]. 现代农业科技, 2020(19): 71–75. [12] Zeng Y W, Liu X Z, Lv Z C, Peng Y H. Effects of Ficus hirta Vahl. (Wuzhimaotao) extracts on growth inhibition of HeLa cells[J]. Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology, 2012,64(7–8): 743–749. [13] 黄溥玮,卢健棋,林浩,庞延,唐梅玲,余梅平. 中药五指毛桃的化学成分、药理作用及临床应用研究进展[J]. 辽宁中医药大学学报, 2020,22(12): 93–96..
Outlines

/