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  1 - Theoretical investigation of the implicit effects water molecules and resonance interactions on structural stability and NMR tensors of hallucinogenic harmine by density functional calculations
  neda ahmadinejad arezoo tahan Mostafa Talebi Tari1
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  2 - Study effect of methanolic extract of Peganum Harmala and Harmine on Kidney tissue damage of diabetes mellitus in male Wistar rats
  Forough Kajbaf Shahrbanoo Oryan Ramesh Ahmadi Akram Eidi
  Introduction: The dangerous side effects of diabetes are diabetic nephropathy, which has a relatively high prevalence in diabetic patients and causes renal failure. Investigating the process of destruction and the mechanisms that prevent it, in order to reduce the tissu More

  Introduction: The dangerous side effects of diabetes are diabetic nephropathy, which has a relatively high prevalence in diabetic patients and causes renal failure. Investigating the process of destruction and the mechanisms that prevent it, in order to reduce the tissue damage, especially with the treatment of plants, can be a significant issue. Material and methods: In this research, Espand with scientific name of Peganum harmala, a plant of the Zygophyllaceae family and its effective substance called harmine in diabetes-induced renal injury, were studied on 80 male Wistar rats in experimental and diabetic groups. Rats were treated with methanolic extract of seeds and leaves of Peganum Harmala and Harmine. After tissue passage and fixation, Microscopic slides were prepared and studied. In tissue studies, four factors of epithelial changes, tubular destruction, leukocyte inflammation and capillary obstruction were detected in the kidneys. Results: The diabetic rat group received harmine and the diabetic rats receiving the extract of the seed were less damaged, while in the diabetic rats recieveing the leaf extract these lesions was higher and it was interesting to note that there was no difference in the experimental groups with the positive control group. Conclusion: According to the tissue results in our study, seed extract and harmine have the ability to prevent tissue damage caused by diabetes, which can be attributed to the harmine alkaloid in the seed.     Manuscript profile
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  3 - Apoptosis induction of Harmine on Human Colon Cancer Cell Line HT29 and Alteration in Apoptotic Genes Expression P53, Bax and Bcl-2
  Reyhaneh Chitbandi Javad Baharara Maryam Tehranipour
  10.22034/ascij.2022.1937677.1286
  Alkaloids have anti-proliferative and apoptotic stimulatory effects on cancer cells. Harmine is also one of the important alkaloids that have been reported to have anticancer effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Harmine on apoptosis induction More

  Alkaloids have anti-proliferative and apoptotic stimulatory effects on cancer cells. Harmine is also one of the important alkaloids that have been reported to have anticancer effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Harmine on apoptosis induction in human HT29 colon cancer cell line and expression alteration of apoptotic genes P53, Bax and Bcl-2. For this purpose, HT29 colon cancer cells were treated with different concentrations of harmine (0, 35, 45, 55, 65 μg/ml) for 24 hours. Then the cell viability was assessed using the MTT assay. Nuclear changes and chromatin condensation were investigated by DAPI staining. Also, apoptosis induction was determined by Annexin V-FITC testing and changes in P53, Bax and Bcl-2 genes expression was assessed by using Real Time PCR. The results showed that the concentration of Harmin reduced the viability of HT29 colon cancer cells. Also, the treatment of HT29 colon cancer cells with Harmin caused morphological changes in the cell nucleus, including chromatin condensation of the nucleus, the formation of apoptotic bodies, and the wrinkling of the cell membrane. All of these morphological features indicate apoptosis. The results of the Annexin test also confirmed this finding; with about 57% of the cells undergo apoptosis. On the other hand, the treatment of HT29 cancer cells with Harmin reduced the expression of Bcl-2 and at the same time increased the expression of P53 and Bax and, in general, reduced the ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax. As a result, Harmin can be used to treat colon cancer cells because of its cytotoxicity, which is effective in inhibiting cell prolifration and inducing apoptosis. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Investigation of the Effects of Harmine Alkaloid on Bovine Oocyte in Vitro Maturation
  Z. Hemmati M. Heydari Nasrabadi P. Khodarahmi
  In vitro maturation of oocytes is the technique that can reduce costs and eliminate the side effects of the use of gonadotropins for in vitro fertilization. Conducting research on the development and improvement of in vitro culture conditions for human oocyte maturation More

  In vitro maturation of oocytes is the technique that can reduce costs and eliminate the side effects of the use of gonadotropins for in vitro fertilization. Conducting research on the development and improvement of in vitro culture conditions for human oocyte maturation is very difficuly. The use domestic animals has provided the most advanced and best system to study the maturation of immature follicles in the laboratory. Due to the active ingredient in the harmine alkaloid with multiple pharmacological effects including anti-free radical, anti-inflammation and immune system, etc., the present study assesses the effects of harmine alkaloid on bovine oocyte maturation. In this study, at least three layers of cumulus oocytes aspirated from 2-8 mm follicles obtained from bovine ovaries from slaughterhouses after three washes in the washing environment were incubated for 22-24 hours in maturation environments with different concentrations of 0.5, 1, 2.5, and 5 µg/ml of the alkaloid harmine at a temperature of 38.5 ° C with 5% carbon dioxide. After a while, the cumulus incubation was removed from surrounding eggs were removed and the release of polar corpuscle (maturity) was assessed. Results were evaluated using SPSS and ANOVA. Research results showed the positive impact of the alkaloid harmine at 1 µg/ml (p <0.05) such that the maturity of the groups treated with doses of 0.5, 1, 2.5 and 5 micrograms per milliliter were 59.85, 72.65, 64.34, and 37.22 percent, respectively, which was 56.93 percent in the control group. Adding 1 µg/ml of alkaloids harmine led to the maturity environment increased the maturation of the bovine oocytes, which can be used as a supplement in oocyte maturation environments. Manuscript profile