In vitro anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging activities of flavans from Ilex centrochinensis / 中国中药杂志
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
; (24): 1523-1528, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging activities of flavans from flex centrochinensis S. Y. Hu in vitro and their structure-activity relationship. LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage was used as inflammatory model. MTT assay for cell availability, Griess reaction for nitric oxide (NO) production, the content of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and PGE, were detected with ELISA kits; DPPH, superoxide anion and hydroxyl free radicals scavenging activities were also investigated. According to the result, all flavans tested exhibited anti-inflammatory effect in different levels. Among them, compounds 1, 3, 4 and 6 showed potent anti-inflammatory effect through the inhibition of NO, TNF-alpha, IL-lp and IL-6, of which 1 was the most effective inhibitor, however, 2 and 5 were relatively weak or inactive. The order of free radical scavenging activities was similar to that of anti-inflammatory activities. Therefore, these results suggest that 3, 4 and 6, especially of 1, were,in part responsible for the anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging activity of Ilex centrochinensis. Hydroxyl group at 4'-position of B-ring plays an important role in the anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging capacities.
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Main subject:
Pharmacology
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Cell Line
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Chemistry
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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Free Radical Scavengers
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Interleukin-6
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Ilex
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Flavanones
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
Zh
Journal:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
Year:
2015
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Article