• Title/Summary/Keyword: Inhibition of leucocyte emigration

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Pharmacological Studies on Prunellae Herba and Thesii Herba (I) -On Antiinflammatory Activity- (한국산(韓國産) 하고초류(夏枯草類)의 약물학적(藥物學的) 연구(硏究)(I) -소염작용(消炎作用)에 대하여-)

  • Ko, In-Ja;Yoo, Seung-Jo;Lee, Eun-Bang
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.232-241
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    • 1986
  • The whole plants of Prunella vulgaris (Labiatae) and Thesium chinense (Santalaceae) are used as Hakocho(夏枯草) in the market in Korea. In oriental medicine, these herb drugs are prescribed as a diuretic or antiinflammatory drugs. In order to investigate the efficacy of the plants, the extracts were bioassayed for antiinflammatory action. The water extracts of Prunella Herba and Thesii Herba showed remarkable anti-carrageenin effect and significant inhibition of the swellings in adjuvant arthritis in rats. However, the extracts did not show any inhibition of leucocyte emigration in CMC pouch in rats.

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Pharmacological Studies on Forsythiae Fructus (연교(連翹)추출물의 일반(一般) 약리작용(藥理作用))

  • Lee, Eun-Bang;Keum, Hye-Jeong
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.262-269
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    • 1988
  • The Forsythiae fructus is described to be used as an antiinflammatory drug, diuretics, antidotes and antibacterials in oriental literatures. In order to investigate the efficacy of Forsythiae viridissima (Oleaceae), the methanol extract and its fraction have been evaluated for the acute toxicity, antiinflammatory, analgesic and spasmolytic action in animals. The methanol extract of Forsythiae fructus was found to have significant antiinflammatory activity in the acute and subacute antiinflammatory model in rats, but have no analgesic action. Furthermore, through fractionation procedure, it was found that the active compounds were easily soluble in chloroform and butanol. It is also noted that the extracts had spasmolytic activities in the rat fundus and uterus and had low acute toxicity in mice.

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Isolation of Torilin from Torilis japonica Fruit and Its Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Activities (사상자 중 Torilin의 분리 및 진통소염작용)

  • Cho, Sung-Ig;Kang, Sam-Sik;Kim, Kyung-Ran;Kim, Tae-Hee;Lee, Eun-Bang
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 1999
  • Torilin was isolated from haxane fraction of Torilis Fructus extract. Torilin produced inhibition of the acetic acid-induced and phenylquinone-induced writhing syndrome at the oral doses of 30 and 90 mg/kg in mice. It also increased the pain threshold at the oral doses of 30, 90 and 270 mg/kg in the tail pressure method and the Randall-Selitto method. However, it did not show a hypothermic action at the oral doses of 30 and 90 mg/kg in mice. The compound exhibited strong anticarrageenan activity at the oral doses of 90 and 270 mg/kg in rats, and had inhibitory effect on the vascular permeability at the oral doses of 30 and 90 mg/kg in mice. It also showed potent inhibition of leucocyte emigration in CMC-pouch at the doses of 3 and 9 mg/rat, sc. The acute toxicity of torilin was very weak: the $LD_{50}$ values were more than 5000 mg/kg, po and 2000 mg/kg, ip in mice. From the above mentioned results, it was suggested that torilin had potent analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities.

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Isolation of an Active Principle from Torilis Fructus and Its Pharmacological Activities

  • Lee, Eun-Bang;Cheon, Seon-Ah;Park, Seon-Kwan;Kim, Ra-Min;Lee, Dawei
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1998.11a
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    • pp.178-178
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    • 1998
  • We reported that the hexane fraction of Torilis Fructus have an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Therefore, in order to isolate the active compound, the hexan fraction of Torilis Fructus was chromatographed on silica gel column. The subfraction of hexane fraction was crystallized as colorless stout needles. The chemical structure of this compound was verified to be torilin through m.p., UV, IR, GC-MS, and NMR spectral data. In pharmacological tests, torilin exhibited strong anticarrageenan activity at the dose of 90 and 270 mg/kg, p.o. in rats, and it had inhibitory effect on the vascular permeability at the dose of 30 and 90 mg/kg, p.o. in mice. Torilin showed potent inhibition of leucocyte emigration in CMC-pouch at the dose of 3 and 9 mg/rat, s.c. Torilin have the analgesic effect at the dose of 30, 90 and 270 mg/kg, p.o. in both of the acetic acid- and phenyl-p-benzoquinone-induced writhing syndrome. It also increased the pain threshold at the dose of 30, 90 and 270 mg/kg, p.o. in the tail pressure method and the Randall-Selitto method. Torilin did not show a hypothermic action at the dose of 30 and 90 mg/kg, p.o. in mice. The acute toxicity of torilin was very weak: the LD$\_$50/ value was more than 5000 mg/kg, p.o. and 2000 mg/kg, Lp. in mice. From the above mentioned results, it was suggested that torilin had potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities in animals.

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