title: Anti-inflammatory sesquiterpenes from Curcuma zedoaria.
abstract: From the methanolic extract of the rhizome of Curcuma zedoaria, we isolated anti-inflammatory sesquiterpene furanodiene (1) and furanodienone (2) along with new sesquiterpene compound 3 and known eight sesquiterpenes, zederone (4), curzerenone (5), curzeone (6), germacrone (7), 13-hydroxygermacrone (8), dehydrocurdione (9), curcumenone (10), and zedoaronediol (11). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. The anti-inflammatory effect of isolated components on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced inflammation of mouse ears were examined. Compounds 1 and 2 suppressed the TPA-induced inflammation of mouse ears by 75% and 53%, respectively, at a dose of 1.0 micromol. Their activities are comparable to that of indomethacin, the normally used anti-inflammatory agent.
authors.affiliation: Sciences of Functional Foods, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Kami-ina, Nagano 399-4598, Japan. makabeh@shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maru
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D030024:Curcuma / Q000737:chemistry*; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D027343:Rhizome / Q000737:chemistry; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes