title: Antiinflammatory effect of flavonoids in the natural juice from Aronia melanocarpa, rutin and rutin-magnesium complex on an experimental model of inflammation induced by histamine and serotonin.
abstract: The antiinflammatory effects of the anthocyane flavonoids in the natural juice from Aronia melanocarpa and of rutin-magnesium complex, the water-soluble derivative of rutin were studied in comparison with rutin. Two experimental models of inflammation were used. Inflammation of rat hind paw was induced either by 0.5% solution of histamine or by 0.01% solution of serotonin. The swelling of the rat paw was measured oncometrically by a pletismometer. The results showed that the anthocyane flavonoids from the natural juice of Aronia melanocarpa exerted more pronounced effects as compared to rutin in both models of inflammation. The rutin-magnesium complex did not exhibit any antiinflammatory activity against histamine-induced inflammation. Its effects against serotonin-induced inflammation were comparable to those of rutin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borissova
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valcheva
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belcheva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006632:Histamine; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017616:Magnesium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012431:Rutin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012701:Serotonin
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D012701:Serotonin; D012431:Rutin; D006632:Histamine