Introduction: As stress affects the brain both physiologically and chemically, researchers try to find novel anti-stress compounds with beneficial therapeutic effects. In this regard, the effect of stress and its modulation by Morin hydrate was studied using different acute models in mice. Methods: The models employed were anoxic tolerance, swimming endurance, and acute restraint test. Morin h...

Recent advances indicate a possible role of phytochemicals as modulatory factors in signaling pathways. We have previously demonstrated PHLPP2-mediated suppression of Nrf2 responses during oxidant attack. The present study was designed to explore Nrf2-potentiating mechanism of morin, a flavonol, via its possible role in intervening PHLPP2-regulated Akt/GSK3β/Fyn kinase axis. Efficacy of morin w...

The objective of present work was to develop novel sunscreen creams containing polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) of morin. Polymeric NPs containing morin were prepared and optimized. The creams containing morin NPs were also prepared and evaluated. Optimized NPs exhibited particle size of 90.6 nm and zeta potential of -31 mV. The entrapment efficiency of morin, within the polymeric NPs, was found t...

Com base em nossa investigação, ambos os complexos, morin-Bi(III) e Morin, podem vincularse ao DNA, embora a natureza da ligação seja diferente para cada um deles. Na presença e ausência do DNA, o morin-Bi(III) mostrou características espectrais diferentes, o que está de acordo com as observadas para outros intercaladores. Neste trabalho, a interação do complexo morin-Bi(III) com o DNA de timo ...

Evidence suggests that phytochemicals can safely modulate cancer cell biology and induce apoptosis. Here, we investigated the anti-cancer activity of morin, a flavone originally isolated from members of the Moraceae family in human leukemic cells, focusing on apoptosis. An anti-cancer effect of morin was screened with several human leukemic cell lines. U937 cells were most sensitive to morin, w...

The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of Morin on the pharmacokinetics of Prasugrel, a substrate of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and Cytochrome 3A (CYP3A), in rats, and metabolic stability (high throughput) studies using human liver microsomes in UPLC. For pharmacokinetics studies, Male wistar rats were pretreated with Morin (10 mg/kg) for 1 week and on the last day, a single dose of ...

Morin exerts inhibitory effects on hepatic stellate cell (HSC) stimulation which is considered important step for fibrogenesis in liver. These morin-induced inhibitory effects are mediated through enhancement in the expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). PPARγ plays a critical role in inhibition of HSC stimulation. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ...

It is evident based on literature that flavonoids from fruit can safely modulate cancer cell biology and induce apoptosis. Therefore, we investigated the anticancer activity of morin, a flavonoid which is plentiful in twigs of mulberry focusing on apoptosis, and its mechanisms. Morin upregulated the Fas receptor, and activates caspase-8, -9 and -3 in HCT-116 cells. Morin also activates Bid, and...

The antibacterial activity of morin, sodium salt of morin-5"-sulfonic acid (NaMSA) and new complexes of La (II), Gd (III) and Lu (III) with morin were tested against three bacterial strains: Escherichia coli G (-), Klebsiella pneumoniae G (-), Staphylococcus aureus G (+) and compared with the activity of penicillin. All of the complexes possess inhibitory action against the tested strains. The ...