title: (+)-Alpha-viniferin, an anti-inflammatory compound from Caragana chamlagu root.
abstract: The roots of Caragana chamlagu Lamarck (Leguminosae) are used as an anti-neuralgic, anti-rheumatic, anti-arthritic, etc. in the folk medicine of Korea. An ether extract was fractionated with monitoring of the anti-inflammatory activity, and the active principle was elucidated as (+)-alpha-viniferin on the basis of spectroscopic data, including two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism spectra.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikezawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasukawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanouchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takido
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002351:Carrageenan; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D001572:Benzofurans; C064176:alpha-viniferin; D002351:Carrageenan