Free radical scavenging and antielastase activities of flavonoids from the fruits of Thuja orientalis

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Title
Free radical scavenging and antielastase activities of flavonoids from the fruits of Thuja orientalis
Author(s)
G H Xu; In Ja Ryoo; Young Hee Kim; Soo-Jin Choo; Ick Dong Yoo
Bibliographic Citation
Archives of Pharmacal Research, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 275-282
Publication Year
2009
Abstract
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the MeOH extract of Thuja orientalis fruits using a DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) assay led to the isolation of 9 flavonoids: cupressuflavone (1), amentoflavone (2), robustaflavone (3), afzelin (4), (+)-catechin (5), quercitrin (6), hypolaetin 7-O-β- xylopyranoside (7), isoquercitrin (8) and myricitrin (9). Their chemical structures were determined by spectroscopic analyses. The free radical scavenging and human neutrophil elastase (HNE) inhibitory activities were evaluated for the isolated compounds. By DPPH scavenging assay, compounds 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 showed anti-oxidant activities with IC50 values of 28.66, 31.19, 18.30, 26.63 and 15.10 μM, respectively. By ABTS [2,2′- azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt] scavenging assay, these compounds also exhibited potent anti-oxidant activities with IC50 values of 6.77, 13.96, 6.97, 22.79 and 9.96 μM, respectively. of note, compounds 1, 2 and 3 showed significant HNE inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 8.09, 1.27 and 1.33 μM, respectively.
Keyword
DPPHElastaseFlavonoidThuja orientalisABTS
ISSN
0253-6269
Publisher
Pharmaceutical Soc Korea
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12272-009-1233-y
Type
Article
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Ochang Branch Institute > Chemical Biology Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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