Constituents from the roots of Taraxacum platycarpum and their effect on proliferation of human skin fibroblasts

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2012;60(2):205-12. doi: 10.1248/cpb.60.205.

Abstract

A MeOH extract from the roots of Taraxacum platycarpum has shown significant effects on the proliferation of normal human skin fibroblasts. Chemical analysis of the extract resulted in the isolation of 26 compounds, including eight new triterpenes, one new sesquiterpene glycoside, and seventeen known compounds. The structure of each new compound was established using NMR spectroscopy. Some triterpenes had a significant effect on the proliferation of normal human skin fibroblasts.

MeSH terms

  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methanol / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Skin / chemistry*
  • Skin / cytology
  • Taraxacum / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Triterpenes
  • Methanol