Antiinflammatory and lipoxygenase inhibitory compounds from Vitex agnus-castus

Phytother Res. 2009 Sep;23(9):1336-9. doi: 10.1002/ptr.2639.

Abstract

Several secondary metabolites, artemetin (1), casticin (2), 3,3'-dihydroxy-5,6,7,4'-tetramethoxy flavon (3), penduletin (4), methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (5), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (6), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (7), 5-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzoic acid (8), vanillic acid (9) and 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (10) were isolated from a folkloric medicinal plant, Vitex agnus-castus. The structures of compounds 1-10 were identified with the help of spectroscopic techniques. Compounds 3-10 were isolated for the first time from this plant. These compounds were screened for their antiinflammatory and lipoxygenase inhibitory activities. Compounds 6, 7 and 10 were found to have significant antiinflammatory activity in a cell-based contemporary assay, whereas compounds 1 and 2 exhibited a potent lipoxygenase inhibition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neutrophils / drug effects
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Vitex / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Flavonoids
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts