The Efficacy of Jobelyn (Sorghum Bicolor Extract)in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia

Summary

The primary objective is to determine if there is a significant increase in the haematocrit value of patients on Jobelyn and standard therapy compared to those on standard therapy alone.

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2012-03

Completion

2012-08

Publications

• Background Brohan M, Jerkovic V, Collin S. Potentiality of red sorghum for producing stilbenoid-enriched beers with high antioxidant activity. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Apr 27;59(8):4088-94. doi: 10.1021/jf1047755. Epub 2011 Mar 7.
• Background Geera B, Ojwang LO, Awika JM. New highly stable dimeric 3-deoxyanthocyanidin pigments from sorghum bicolor leaf sheath. J Food Sci. 2012 May;77(5):C566-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02668.x. Epub 2012 Apr 10.
• Background Kayode AP, Nout MJ, Linnemann AR, Hounhouigan JD, Berghofer E, Siebenhandl-Ehn S. Uncommonly high levels of 3-deoxyanthocyanidins and antioxidant capacity in the leaf sheaths of dye sorghum. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Feb 23;59(4):1178-84. doi: 10.1021/jf103963t. Epub 2011 Jan 25.
• Background Yang L, Browning JD, Awika JM. Sorghum 3-deoxyanthocyanins possess strong phase II enzyme inducer activity and cancer cell growth inhibition properties. J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Mar 11;57(5):1797-804. doi: 10.1021/jf8035066.
• Background Shih CH, Siu SO, Ng R, Wong E, Chiu LC, Chu IK, Lo C. Quantitative analysis of anticancer 3-deoxyanthocyanidins in infected sorghum seedlings. J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Jan 24;55(2):254-9. doi: 10.1021/jf062516t.
• Background Hunt DM, Emerson SU, Wagner RR. RNA- temperature-sensitive mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus: L-protein thermosensitivity accounts for transcriptase restriction of group I mutants. J Virol. 1976 May;18(2):596-603. doi: 10.1128/JVI.18.2.596-603.1976.
• Background Burdette A, Garner PL, Mayer EP, Hargrove JL, Hartle DK, Greenspan P. Anti-inflammatory activity of select sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) brans. J Med Food. 2010 Aug;13(4):879-87. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0147.
• Background Park JH, Darvin P, Lim EJ, Joung YH, Hong DY, Park EU, Park SH, Choi SK, Moon ES, Cho BW, Park KD, Lee HK, Kim MJ, Park DS, Chung IM, Yang YM. Hwanggeumchal sorghum induces cell cycle arrest, and suppresses tumor growth and metastasis through Jak2/STAT pathways in breast cancer xenografts. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040531. Epub 2012 Jul 6.
• Background Wu L, Huang Z, Qin P, Yao Y, Meng X, Zou J, Zhu K, Ren G. Chemical characterization of a procyanidin-rich extract from sorghum bran and its effect on oxidative stress and tumor inhibition in vivo. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Aug 24;59(16):8609-15. doi: 10.1021/jf2015528. Epub 2011 Jul 29.
• Background Awika JM, McDonough CM, Rooney LW. Decorticating sorghum to concentrate healthy phytochemicals. J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Aug 10;53(16):6230-4. doi: 10.1021/jf0510384.
• Background Gee L, Abbott J, Conway SP, Etherington C, Webb AK. Validation of the SF-36 for the assessment of quality of life in adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2002 Sep;1(3):137-45. doi: 10.1016/s1569-1993(02)00079-6.
• Background Okochi,V.I.,Okpuzor J, Okubena M.O., Awoyemi A.K. 2003 . The Influence of African Herbal Formula on the haematological parameters of trypanosome infected rats. African Journal of Biotechnology. 2 (9), 312-316.
• Background Erah P,O., Asonye C.C. Okhamafe A.O. 2003. Response of trypanosome brucei brucei induced anaemiato a commercialherbal preparation. African Journal of Biotechnology. 2,9, 307-311.
• Background Ogwumike OO. Hemopoietic effect of aqueous extract of the leaf sheath of Sorghum bicolor in albino rats. African Journal of Biomedical. Research. (2002): Vol 5; 69 - 71
• Background Oladiji AT, Jacob TO, Yakubu MT. Anti-anaemic potentials of aqueous extract of Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench stem bark in rats. J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 May 22;111(3):651-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.01.013. Epub 2007 Jan 18.
• Background Akande IS, Oseni AA, Biobaku OA. Effects of aqueous extract of Sorghum bicolor on hepatic, histological and haematological indices in rats. Journal of Cell and Animal Biology 4(9), 137-142, 2010.
• Background Nwinyi FC, Kwanashie HO. Evaluation of aqueous methanolic extract of Sorghum bicolor leaf base for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities. African Journal of Biotechnology, 8 (18), 4642-4649, 2009.
• Background Eniojukan JF, Bolajoko AA. Toxicological Profiles of Commercial Herbal Preperation, Jobelyn. International Journal of Health Research, 2(4), 369-374, 2009.
• Background USDA Database for the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) of Selected Foods, Release 2, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2010.

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