Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume
57
Issue
22
First Page
10579
Last Page
10589
DOI
10.1021/jf9023728
Abstract
Prunella vulgaris has been used therapeutically for inflammation-related conditions for centuries, but systematic studies of its anti-inflammatory activity are lacking and no specific active components have been identified. In this study, water and ethanol extracts of four P. vulgaris accessions were applied to RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages, and the ethanol extracts significantly inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and nitric oxide (NO) production at 30 μg/mL without affecting cell viability. Extracts from different accessions of P. vulgaris were screened for anti-inflammatory activity to identify accessions with the greatest activity. The inhibition of PGE2 and NO production by selected extracts was dose-dependent, with significant effects seen at concentrations as low as 10 μg/mL. Fractionation of ethanol extracts from the active accession, Ames 27664, suggested fractions 3 and 5 as possible major contributors to the overall activity. Rosmarinic acid (RA) content inP. vulgaris was found to independently inhibit inflammatory response, but it only partially explained the extracts’ activity. LPS-induced cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein expression were both attenuated by P. vulgaris ethanol extracts, whereas RA inhibited only COX-2 expression.
Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Huang, Nan; Hauck, Cathy; Yum, Man-Yu; Rizshsky, Ludmila; Widrlechner, Mark P.; McCoy, Joe-Ann; Murphy, Patricia A.; Dixon, Philip M.; Nikolau, Basil J.; and Birt, Diane F., "Rosmarinic Acid in Prunella vulgaris Ethanol Extract Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Prostaglandin E2 and Nitric Oxide in RAW 264.7 Mouse Macrophages" (2009). Food Science and Human Nutrition Publications. 24.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/fshn_ag_pubs/24
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Comments
Posted with permission from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 57, no. 22 (2009): 10579–10589, doi:10.1021/jf9023728. Copyright 2009 American Chemical Society.