Anti-inflammatory activity of erycristagallin, a pterocarpene from Erythrina mildbraedii

Erycristagallin, a pterocarpene isolated from Erythrina mildbraedii, was tested in vitro for its antioxidant properties on the stable 2,2-diphenyl-1-pycryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical and on the arachidonic acid metabolism. In addition, erycristagallin was tested on different experimental models of...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	European journal of pharmacology Vol. 468; no. 1; pp. 67 - 74
Main Authors:	Njamen, Dieudonné, Talla, Emmanuel, Mbafor, Joseph Tanyi, Fomum, Zacharias Tanee, Kamanyi, Albert, Mbanya, Jean-Claude, Cerdá-Nicolás, Miguel, Giner, Rosa M., Recio, M.Carmen, Rı́os, José Luis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 02-05-2003 Elsevier
Subjects:	5-Lipoxygenase inhibition Animals Anti-inflammatory activity Anti-Inflammatory Agents - isolation & purification Anti-Inflammatory Agents - pharmacology Antioxidants - isolation & purification Antioxidants - pharmacology Arachidonic Acid - metabolism Biological and medical sciences Biphenyl Compounds Carrageenan Ear - pathology Edema - chemically induced Edema - drug therapy Erycristagallin Erythrina - chemistry Erythrina mildbraedii Female Free Radical Scavengers - pharmacology Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings Hindlimb - pathology Isoflavones - isolation & purification Isoflavones - pharmacology Leukotriene B4 - metabolism Medical sciences Mice Phospholipases A Picrates - metabolism Plant Extracts - pharmacology Rats Rats, Wistar 5-Lipoxygenase inhibition Erythrina mildbraedii Arachidonic acid metabolism Anti-inflammatory activity Erycristagallin
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!