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Effects on anti-lipid peroxidation of Cudrania cochinchinensis var. gerontogea

1994; Elsevier BV; Volume: 44; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0378-8741(94)90072-8

1872-7573

Cheng‐Hsiung Chang, Chun‐Ching Lin, Masao Hattori, Tsuneo Namba,

Phytochemistry and Biological Activities

From the root bark of Cudrania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kudo et Masamune var. gerontogea (Sieb. et Zucc.) Kudo et Masamune, 3 xanthones, cudraxanthone I, 1,3,7-trihydroxy-2-(3-methylbut-2- enyl)-xanthone, and lancerin, were further isolated and characterized. It was found that pretreatment with 600 mg/kg oral dose of the EtOH root extract of Cudrania cochinchinensis var. gerontogea in mice inhibited the lipid peroxidation stimulated by FeCl2-ascorbic acid-adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) mixture. For searching bioactive constituents, the isolated xanthones from this folk medicine were investigated in anti-lipid peroxidative activities in the rat liver homogenate. The results showed that most of the tested xanthones effectively exhibited anti-lipid peroxidation stimulated by (a) FeCl2-ascorbic acid mixture or (b) CCl4-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) mixture. As shown by the result, gerontoxanthone C and I were more active than vitamin E.