Pharmacologically active components of Todopon Puok (Fagraea racemosa), a medicinal plant from Borneo

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1995 Dec;43(12):2200-4. doi: 10.1248/cpb.43.2200.

Abstract

The lignans of (+)-pinoresinol, (+)-epipinoresinol, (+)-lariciresinol and (+)-isolariciresinol together with phenols such as syringaldehyde and 7,8-dihydro-7-oxy-coniferyl alcohol were isolated from Todopon Puok (Fagraea racemosa Jack ex Wall), a medicinal plant from Borneo, using a bioassay of the relaxation effect on norepinephrine (NE)-induced contraction in rat aortic strips. The plant extract also exhibited analgesic properties in the acetic acid-induced writhing and tail pressure tests in mice, with the activity being concentrated in the lignan fraction. (+)-Pinoresinol showed analgesic effect on writhing symptoms in mice which were dose-dependent, and produced local anesthesia in guinea pigs.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / pharmacology
  • Anesthetics, Local / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Aorta, Thoracic / drug effects
  • Borneo
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Guinea Pigs
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lignans / chemistry
  • Lignans / isolation & purification*
  • Lignans / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Muscle Relaxation / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / drug effects*
  • Pain Measurement / drug effects
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Lignans