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Chemical Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Principles from the Fruits of Forsythia suspensa

  • Ping Chung Kuo
  • , Hsin Yi Hung
  • , Chi Wei Nian
  • , Tsong Long Hwang
  • , Ju Chien Cheng
  • , Daih Huang Kuo
  • , E. Jian Lee
  • , Shih Huang Tai
  • , Tian Shung Wu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Cheng Kung University
  • China Medical University Taichung
  • Tajen University

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Abstract

Fifty compounds were isolated from the fruits of Forsythia suspensa, including 13 new compounds characterized as eight new diterpenoids (1-8), three new lignans (9-11), a new iridoid (12), and a new triterpenoid (13). Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic and spectrometric analysis. Most of the isolated compounds were examined for their anti-inflammatory activity in vitro. The results showed that several compounds displayed significant inhibition of fMLP/CB-induced superoxide anion generation and elastase release, with IC50 values ranging from 0.6 ± 0.1 to 8.6 ± 0.8 μg/mL and from 0.8 ± 0.3 to 7.3 ± 1.1 μg/mL, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1055-1064
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume80
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 04 2017

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