title: Topical anti-inflammatory activity of Solenostemma argel leaves.
abstract: The topical anti-inflammatory activity of Solenostemma argel Hayne leaves was evaluated using the Croton oil ear test in mice. A bioassay-guided fractionation procedure led to a highly active chloroform extract: at 300 microg/cm(2), it induced 73% oedema reduction, while the reference drug indomethacin (100 microg/cm(2)) induced 56% reduction. The extract contained a new pregnene glycoside (1, solenoside A) and the known 14 beta,15 alpha-dihydroxy-Delta(4)pregnene-3,20 dione (2), kaempferol-3-O-glucoside (3) and kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (4). Their structures were determined by ID and 2D NMR experiments as well as HRMS. Compounds 2 and 4 showed anti-inflammatory activity comparable to that of indomethacin.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy. gabbriella.innocenti@unipd.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dall'acqua
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altinier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Della Loggia
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029062:Apocynaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts