An inhibitor on CINC-1 (cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1) induction in LPS-stimulated rat kidney epithelioid NRK-52E cells was purified from the roots of Sassurea lappa Clarke, a herbal medicine used in Korean traditional prescriptions for gastric intestinal diseases by a variety of
Total methanol extract of Saussurea lappa radix (Compositae) showed potent inhibitory effect on the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine, in murine macrophage-like cell (RAW264.7 cells) in our previous screening studies on 120 Korean medicinal plants. The
OBJECTIVE
To study chemical constituents from the roots of Saussurea lappa.
METHODS
Chemical constituents were separated and purified by various techniques such as silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 and reversed phase RP-18 column chromatography. Their structures were identified on the
A new lignan glycoside, named 1,5-dihydroxypinoresinol-4'-O-beta-d-glucopyranoside (1), has been isolated from the EtOH extract of the roots of Saussurea lappa, together with twenty known compounds: (+)-1-hydroxypinoresinol-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), fraxiresinol-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
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