Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy (생약학회지)

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Progress on Phytochemical and Atopic Dermatitis-related Study of the Root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon

자초 뿌리의 함유성분 및 아토피피부염 관련 연구현황

  • Ju, Ji-Hoon (Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Science & Kyung Hee East-West Pharmaceutical Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Cho, Hyun-Hwan (Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Science & Kyung Hee East-West Pharmaceutical Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Sup (Department of Pharmaceutical Science & Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2010.03.09
  • Accepted : 2010.06.07
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Traditionally, the root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc(L.E) has been used as efficacious therapy for inflammation, burns, frostbite and skin ailments (e.g eczema and psoriasis). It contains isohexenylnaphthoquinone derivatives (shikonin and its esters) and furylhydroquinones (shikonofurans) in lipophilic fractions and caffeic acid oligomers (rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid B) in polar fractions. Recently, new preparative isolation and analysis procedures of shikonin along with its oligomers from the extract of L. erythrorhizon by the combination of high-speed counter-current chromatography with high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection have also been introduced. Although there have been many reports on the wound healing, antiinflammatory, and anticancer effects, the research on the effects of anti-atopic dermatitis of the root of L. erythrorhizon were relatively scarce. However, in recent years, new information gathered from research efforts, on the anti-atopic dermatitis properties of the extract or constituents of L. erythrorhizon has been accumulated. In this paper, the findings and advance on the in vitro and in vivo activities of L. erythrorhizon and its constituents especially focused on antiinflammatory and anti-atopic dermatitis effects are summarized. The phytochemical constituents of L. erythrorhizon or its tissue cultures are also presented. Although there are few to verify or refute its activity in human, one result of clinical study of the extract of L. erythrorhizon on the atopic dermatitis patients was introduced to assess the possibility of its clinical use. The reported mechanisms of action and in vivo pharmacological studies in different animal models for the various types of extracts or constituents of L. erythrorhizon are supportive of its therapeutic potential or dietary supplement, however, more evidence from clinically relevant models, as well as systemic studies on the active constituents or the various types of standardized extracts at the cellular and molecular level, are required.

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