Anti-atherosclerotic and anti-inflammatory activities of catecholic xanthones and flavonoids isolated from Cudrania tricuspidata

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Nov 1;16(21):5580-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.08.032. Epub 2006 Aug 21.

Abstract

The catecholic xanthones and flavonoids 1-13 were isolated from the root bark of Cudrania tricuspidata. Compounds 1 and 3-8 exhibited significant antioxidant activity against low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance (TBARS) assay. Among them, prenylated flavonoids 10-12 showed an inhibitory effect on the NO production and iNOS expression in RAW264.7 cells. Also, compounds 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11 preferentially inhibited hACAT-2 than hACAT-1, whereas compounds 3, 4, 6, and 8 showed a similar specificity against hACAT-1 and -2. However, flavonoids 10, 12, and 13 dominantly inhibited hACAT-2, not hACAT-1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Atherosclerosis / drug therapy*
  • Catechols / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Moraceae*
  • Xanthones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Catechols
  • Flavonoids
  • Xanthones