Anti-inflammatory activity of different agave plants and the compound cantalasaponin-1.

Autor: Monterrosas-Brisson N; Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Sur (CIBIS), Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Argentina No. 1, Col. Centro, Xochitepec 62790, Morelos, Mexico. monterrosasnayeli@hotmail.com, Ocampo ML, Jiménez-Ferrer E, Jiménez-Aparicio AR, Zamilpa A, Gonzalez-Cortazar M, Tortoriello J, Herrera-Ruiz M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) [Molecules] 2013 Jul 10; Vol. 18 (7), pp. 8136-46. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jul 10.
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18078136
Abstrakt: Species of the agave genus, such as Agave tequilana, Agave angustifolia and Agave americana are used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat inflammation-associated conditions. These plants' leaves contain saponin compounds which show anti-inflammatory properties in different models. The goal of this investigation was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory capacity of these plants, identify which is the most active, and isolate the active compound by a bio-directed fractionation using the ear edema induced in mice with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) technique. A dose of 6 mg/ear of acetone extract from the three agave species induced anti-inflammatory effects, however, the one from A. americana proved to be the most active. Different fractions of this species showed biological activity. Finally the F5 fraction at 2.0 mg/ear induced an inhibition of 85.6%. We identified one compound in this fraction as (25R)-5α-spirostan-3β,6α,23α-triol-3,6-di-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (cantalasaponin-1) through 1H- and 13C-NMR spectral analysis and two dimensional experiments like DEPT NMR, COSY, HSQC and HMBC. This steroidal glycoside showed a dose dependent effect of up to 90% of ear edema inhibition at the highest dose of 1.5 mg/ear.
Databáze: MEDLINE