Hyun-Ju Jung, Sei-Gun Kim, Jung-Hwan Nam, Kwang-Kyun Park, Won-Yun Chung, Won-Bae Kim, Kyung-Tae Lee, Jong-Heon Won, Jong-Won Choi, Hee-Juhn Park
Division of Applied Plant Sciences, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin 2005 SepAs an attempt to search for bioactive natural products exerting antiinflammatory activity, we have isolated two saponins were isolated from the aerial portion of Pleurospermum kamtschaticum (Umbelliferae) by nitrite assay activity-directed chromatographic fractionation. They were identified as saikogenin F 3-O-{beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside} (buddlejasaponin IV, 1) and 3beta,16beta,23,28-tetrahydroxy-11alpha-methoxyolean-12-ene 3-O-{beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)]-beta-D-fucopyranoside} (buddlejasaponin IVa, 2). Compound 1 significantly inhibited nitric oxide (NO) production, and it also significantly decreased prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) release in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophage Raw 264.7 cells whereas compound 2 was much less active. Saikogenin A (3) and -H (4) were obtained by hydrolyzing 1 and 2. Although these sapogenin showed strong NO inhibition, these effects were caused by the cytotoxic effect on Raw 264.7 cells. These results supported the notion that buddlejasaponin IV is a major inhibitors of NO, PGE2 and TNF-alpha production in P. kamtschaticum.
Hyun-Ju Jung, Sei-Gun Kim, Jung-Hwan Nam, Kwang-Kyun Park, Won-Yun Chung, Won-Bae Kim, Kyung-Tae Lee, Jong-Heon Won, Jong-Won Choi, Hee-Juhn Park. Isolation of saponins with the inhibitory effect on nitric oxide, prostaglandin E2 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production from Pleurospermum kamtschaticum. Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin. 2005 Sep;28(9):1668-71
PMID: 16141537
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