<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alejandra Fernandez</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ian Edwin Cock</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Therapeutic Properties of Juniperus Communis L.: Antioxidant Capacity, Bacterial growth Inhibition, Anticancer Activity and Toxicity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anti-bacterial activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antioxidant.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artemia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Autoimmune inflammatory disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CaCo2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HeLa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Juniper berry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Traditional medicine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan/2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">273-280</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;J. Communi s&lt;/em&gt;berry is a high antioxidant fruit which is used in several traditional medicinal systems to treat a variety of diseases including rheumatism, arthritis and gout&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;This study was undertaken to examine the inhibitory activity of &lt;em&gt;J. communis&lt;/em&gt; berry extracts on the growth of several bacteria associated with autoimmune inflammatory disease, and to test their ability to block CaCo&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and HeLa cancer cell proliferation. &lt;strong&gt;Methods: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;J. Communis &lt;/em&gt;solvent extracts were preparedusing solvents of varying polarity. The extracts were investigated by disc diffusion assay for the ability to inhibit the growth of a panel of pathogenic bacteria associated with autoimmune inflammatory diseases. Their MIC values were determined to quantify and compare their efficacies. Inhibitory activity against CaCo&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and HeLa human carcinoma cell lines was evaluated using an MTS colorimetric cell proliferation assay. Toxicity was determined using the &lt;em&gt;Artemia franciscana&lt;/em&gt; nauplii bioassay. &lt;strong&gt;Results: &lt;/strong&gt;The methanol, water and ethyl acetate &lt;em&gt;J. communis&lt;/em&gt; berry extracts displayed moderate to potent growth inhibitory activity against bacterial triggers of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis. The methanol and water extracts displayed the broadest specificity, inhibiting the growth of all bacteria tested. The ethyl acetate extract also displayed antibacterial activity, inhibiting the growth of 9 of the 13 bacterial strains (69%). The ethyl acetate extract displayed the greatest potency, with MIC values substantially below 2000 &amp;micro;g/mL for all bacteria which it inhibited. It was most effective at inhibiting the growth of &lt;em&gt;P. mirabilis&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;P. vulgaris&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;S. aureus&lt;/em&gt;, each with MIC&amp;rsquo;s &amp;le; 500 &amp;micro;g/mL. The methanol and water extracts also proved effective at blocking the proliferation of the colorectal cancer cell line CaCo&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and HeLa cervical cancer cell growth, with IC&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; values in the 1300-2500 &amp;micro;g/mL range. All extracts were non-toxic in the &lt;em&gt;Artemia&lt;/em&gt; nauplii bioassay. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;The lack of toxicity of the &lt;em&gt;J. Communis &lt;/em&gt;berry extracts and their potent growth inhibitory bioactivity against bacteria and HeLa and CaCo&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; carcinoma cells indicates their potential in the treatment and prevention of selected autoimmune inflammatory diseases and some cancers.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Orginal Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">273</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alejandra Fernandez&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; and Ian Edwin Cock&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;* &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;School of Natural Sciences, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Queensland 4111, AUSTRALIA.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Environmental Futures Research Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Queensland 4111, AUSTRALIA.&lt;/p&gt;
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