title: Tinospora tuberculata suppresses nitric oxide synthesis in mouse macrophages.
abstract: We have obtained evidence that co-incubation of thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages with an aqueous extract of Tinospora tuberculata inhibits lipopolysaccharide-stimulated excessive production of nitric oxide (NO) in vitro. This effect is concentration-dependent and appears to involve suppression of both inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity and NADPH-diaphorase activity, thus altering NO production. As NO is one of the critical mediators in various disorders and iNOS inhibitors may have therapeutic potential, these results may explain some aspects of the multifunctional properties of Tinospora tuberculata, which has been used in various folk remedies in southeast Asia and China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokozawa
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hattori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase