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Lipoxygenase inhibitors from the latex of Calotropis Procera

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A radical-scavenging, guided phytochemical study of the latex of Calotropis Procera afforded five lignans (1–5), including a new one (4). The structural determination was accomplished using 1D- and 2D-NMR, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS), and correlation with known compounds. Among the isolated compounds, acylated lignans (3–5) showed stronger antioxidant activity than non-acylated derivatives (1,2). Anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated by determining the inhibitory potential against 5- and 15-lipoxygenase enzymes. The highest anti-inflammatory activity was observed in compound 4, with IC50s values of 7.6 µM and 2.7 µM against 5-LOX and 15-LOX, respectively.

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The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for its funding of this research through Research Group Project no. RGP-VPP-326.

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  1. Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Wael M. Abdel-Mageed, Ali A. El-Gamal & Omer A. Basudan

  2. Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt

    Wael M. Abdel-Mageed

  3. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

    Nadia H. Mohamed, Mady Ahmed Ismail & Ahmed A. M. Shoreit

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Samtah, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

    Nadia H. Mohamed

  5. Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Miaomiao Liu, Xueting Liu & Lixin Zhang

  6. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Miaomiao Liu

  7. Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia

    Ronald J. Quinn

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Abdel-Mageed, W.M., Mohamed, N.H., Liu, M. et al. Lipoxygenase inhibitors from the latex of Calotropis Procera . Arch. Pharm. Res. (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-016-0725-9

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