title: Luteolin as an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic constituent of Perilla frutescens.
abstract: Oral administration of the perilla leaf extract (PLE) to mice inhibits inflammation, allergic response, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production. We also found that PLE suppressed the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production in vitro. Using the inhibitory activity of TNF-alpha production in vitro as the index for isolation, we searched the active constituents from PLE and isolated luteolin, rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid as active components. Among the isolated compounds, only luteolin showed in vivo activity: inhibition of serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha production, inhibition of arachidonic acid-induced ear edema, inhibition of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced ear edema and inhibition of oxazolone-induced allergic edema. These results suggest that luteolin is a genuinely active constituent which is accountable for the oral effects of perilla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Tsukui-gun, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D047311:Luteolin; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D031344:Perilla frutescens; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods; D018515:Plant Leaves; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005419:Flavonoids; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D047311:Luteolin