Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive compounds from Tripterygium wilfordii

Autor: Ruth Dorn, Jun Ma, Ilya Raskin, Moul Dey, Hui Yang, Peter E. Lipsky, Reneta Pouleva, Edward J. Kennelly, Alexander Poulev
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Phytochemistry. 68(8)
ISSN: 0031-9422
Popis: The extract of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F. (TwHF), which showed anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive activities in human clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis, was subjected to the activity-guided fractionation and spectroscopic characterization of bioactives. A tetrahydrofuran lignan, tripterygiol (1), and eight known compounds, all capable of suppressing pro-inflammatory gene expression were identified. Most of the pharmacological activity of the extract can be attributed to triptolide, its most abundant and active component, with some contribution from tripdiolide.
Databáze: OpenAIRE