Protective effects of Rabdosia japonica var. glaucocalyx extract on lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in mice / 中国天然药物

The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effects of ethanol extracts of Rabdosia japonica var. glaucocalyx (Maxim.) Hara (RJ) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice and the possible underlying mechanisms of action. The mice were orally administrated with RJ extract (16, 32 or 64 mg(kg(-1)) daily for consecutive7 days before LPS challenge. The ung specimens and the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected for histopathological examinations and biochemical analyses. Pretreatment with RJ significantly enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and reduced the wet-to-dry weight (W/D) ratio, the levels of nitric oxide (NO) and protein leakage, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in mice with ALI, in a dose-dependent manner. RJ reduced complement deposition and significantly attenuated LPS-induced ALI by reducing productions of inflammatory mediators, such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β). The results demonstrated that RJ may attenuate LPS-induced ALI via reducing the production of pro-inflammatory mediators, and reducing complement deposition and radicals.

Chemical constituents in leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum and their anti-complementary activity / 中草药

Objective: To study the chemical constituents in the leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum and their anti-complementary activity. Methods: The isolation was guided by anti-complementary activity test, compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies as well as preparative HPLC. The structures were identified by the various spectroscopic data. The compounds were evaluated for the anti-complementary activity in vitro. Results: Twenty-eight compounds were isolated and identified as pentatriacontane (1), hentriantane (2), glutinone (3), friedelin (4), epifriedelanol (5), lupeol (6), oleanolic acid (7), ursolic acid (8), scopoletin (9), trans-p-hydroxycinnamic acid (10), chrysoeriol (11), apigenin (12), kaempferol (13), maslinic acid (14), corosolic acid (15), euscaphic acid (16), 2α, 3α-dihydroxyurs-12-en-oic acid (17), 19α-hydroxyoleanolic acid (18), caffeic acid (19), isoorientin (20), orientin (21), vitexin (22), isovitexin (23), quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside (24), isoquerecitrin (25), chrysoeriol-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (26), quceritin (27), and luteolin (28). Among them 25 compounds were tested for their anti-complementary activity and 5, 7, 8, 11-13, 15, 18-20, 23-25, 27, and 28 show the various inhibitions on the complement system towards the classical pathway. Conclusion: Compounds 1, 3, 6, 14-18, 23, 25 are obtained from this plant for the first time. Ursolic acid shows the strongest activity in vitro with the CH50 of 0.014 mg/mL.

Chemical constituents of Rabdosia japonica var. glaucocalyx and their anti-complementary activity / 中国中药杂志

To study the chemical constituents of Rabdosia japonica var. glaucocalyx and their anti-complementary activity on the basis of preliminary studies. Target isolation guided by anti-complementary activity test, compounds in the chloroform and n-butanol fractions were isolated and purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies, and preparative HPLC. The structures were identified by various spectroscopic data including ESI-MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR data. The compounds were evaluated for anti-complementary activity in vitro. Eleven compounds were isolated from the chloroform and n-butanol soluble fractions and identified as stigmasterol (1), stigmas-9 (11) -en-3-ol (2), glaucocalyxin D (3), kamebakaurin (4), maslinic acid (5), corosolic acid (6), minheryins I (7), diosmetin (8), caffeic acid ethylene ester (9), caffeic acid (10) and vitexin (11). Isoquercetrin, rutin, quercetin, 3-methylquercetin, luteolin, 7-methylluteolin, and apigenin which were isolated from the preliminary studies together with compounds 9 and 10 showed inhibition of the complement system by the classical pathway. Compounds 2, 4, 6-9 and 11 were obtained from this plant for the first time. Caffeic acid (10) showed the strongest activity in vitro with a CH50 value of 0.041 g x L(-1).