title: Anti-inflammation activity of Actinidia polygama.
abstract: The fruit of Actinidia polygama (AP) has long been used as a folk medicine in Korea for treating pain, rheumatic arthritis and inflammation. The present investigation was carried out to determine the in vivo and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity of AP using several animal models of inflammation. The 70% ethanol extract of the fruit of AP significantly inhibited acetic acid-induced, vascular permeability in a dose dependent manner (23%, 38%, and 41% inhibition at doses of 200 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg and 1000 mg/kg, respectively). This effect was maintained in AP water-soluble fraction (APW). The APW fraction also showed significant inhibitory activity against the rat paw edema induced by a single treatment of carrageenan. In vitro experiments were performed to demonstrate the inhibitory activities of APW (100 microg/ml) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production. The results showed that APW dose-dependently suppressed LPS-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 macrophages without a notable cytotoxic effect and also decreased inducible NO synthase (iNOS) protein expression. APW also showed a significant inhibitory effect in LPS-induced PGE2 production and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University Seoul 130-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo Kyung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo Joo
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Kyung Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Gyu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sung Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D029042:Actinidia; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D010936:Plant Extracts