title: Stimulants from gardeniae fructus for cultured endothelial cell proliferation.
abstract: Bioassay-guided fractionation of Gardeniae Fructus extract (GFE), which stimulates the proliferation of cultured endothelial cells, led to the isolation of glycerol and D-mannitol. Both compounds significantly increased the incorporation of [3H]thymidine and [14C]leucine into the acid-insoluble fraction of bovine aortic endothelial cell layers in culture. This clearly indicated that glycerol and D-mannitol are active components of GFE on endothelial cell proliferation. On the other hand, they did not change the number of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells from bovine aorta. Glycerol and D-mannitol may be beneficial drugs for vascular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakuragawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts