Anti-asthmatic activity of an ethanol extract from Saururus chinensis.

Abstract:

:As an attempt to find bioactive medicinal herbs exerting anti-asthmatic activity, the effects of an ethanol extract from the parts of Saururus chinensis were evaluated in both in vitro and in vivo. The ethanol extract of S. chinensis (ESC) inhibited generation of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) dependent phases of prostaglandin D(2) in bone marrow-derived mast cells in a concentration-dependent manner with an IC(50) value of 14.3 microg/ml. ESC also inhibited leukotriene C(4) production with an IC(50) value of 0.3 microg/ml. This demonstrates that ESC has COX-2/5-lipoxygenase dual inhibitory activity. In addition, this compound inhibited degranulation reaction in a dose dependent manner, with an IC(50) value of 1.3 microg/ml. An ovalbumin induced mouse asthmatic animal model was used to determine its in vivo anti-asthmatic activity. The oral administration (50-200 mg/kg) of ESC reduced the number of infiltrated eosinophil in a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Furthermore, ESC (100 mg/kg) inhibited the eotaxin and IL-4 mRNA expression levels. These results suggest that the anti-asthmatic activity of S. chinensis might in part occur via the inhibition of eicosanoid generation, degranulation as well as the down regulation of IL-4 and eotaxin mRNA expression.

journal_name

Biol Pharm Bull

authors

Lee E,Haa K,Yook JM,Jin MH,Seo CS,Son KH,Kim HP,Bae KH,Kang SS,Son JK,Chang HW

doi

10.1248/bpb.29.211

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-02-01 00:00:00

pages

211-5

issue

2

eissn

0918-6158

issn

1347-5215

pii

JST.JSTAGE/bpb/29.211

journal_volume

29

pub_type

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