Gracielle Dantas

Ms. Gracielle Dantas


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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 August 2011 in Marine Drugs
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MBMariana Angelica Oliveira Bitencourt
Mariana Angelica Oliveira Bitencourt
GDGracielle Dantas
Gracielle Dantas
DLDaysianne Pereira Lira
Daysianne Pereira Lira
JFJose Maria Barbosa Filho
Jose Maria Barbosa Filho
GMGeorge Emmanuel Cavalcanti de Miranda
George Emmanuel Cavalcanti de Miranda
JSJaneusa Souto
Janeusa Souto
The regulation of the inflammatory response is essential to maintaining homeostasis. Several studies have investigated new drugs that may contribute to avoiding or minimizing excessive inflammatory process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of extracts of green algae Caulerpa mexicana on models inflammation. In mice, the inflammatory peritonitis model is induced by zymosan. Previous treatment of mice with aqueous and methanolic extracts of C. mexicana was able to suppress the cell migration to the peritoneal cavity, in a time-dependent but not in a dose-dependent manner. The treatment of mice with C. mexicana extracts also decreased the xylene-induced ear edema, exerting strong inhibitory leukocyte migration elicited by zymosan into the air pouch. We concluded that administration of the extracts resulted in a reduction of cell migration to different sites as well as a decrease in edema formation induced by chemical irritants. This study demonstrates for the first time the anti-inflammatory effect of aqueous and methanolic extracts from the green marine algae Caulerpa mexicana.