title: Anti-inflammatory activity of benzoxazinoids from roots of Coix lachryma-jobi var. ma-yuen.
abstract: The anti-inflammatory activities of six benzoxazinoids isolated from roots of Coix lachryma-jobi var. ma-yuen and structurally related synthetic materials were investigated by measurement of their inhibition of histamine release from rat mast cells stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A) and sensitized with immunoglobulin E (reagin). Because the inhibition data for either Con A or IgE with these compounds were comparable, Con A can be used for rapid first-stage screening of active compounds. Four glycosides out of the eleven compounds investigated were not active. Other results showed that the free hydroxyl group at the 2-position in the benzoxazinone skeleton is important for the expression of inhibitory activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010078:Oxazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010078:Oxazines; D037121:Plant Lectins; D003208:Concanavalin A