Analgesic, antiinflammatory and CNS depressant activities of sesquiterpenes and a flavonoid glycoside from Polygonum viscosum.

Abstract

Analgesic, antiinflammatory and CNS depressant activities of four sesquiterpenes, viscosumic acid, viscozulenic acid, viscoazucine and viscoazulone, and a flavonoid glycoside, quercetin-3-O-(6''-feruloyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside isolated form the aerial parts of Polygonum viscosum (Polygonaceae) have been assessed. All test compounds exhibited CNS depressant activity in open field test, all but viscoazulone showed analgesic activity in Eddy's hot plate test, all sesquiterpenes inhibited acetic acid induced abdominal writhing in mice, and all but viscoazucine and the flavonoid glycoside exhibited mild to moderate antiinflammatory effect on carrageenan induced rat paw edema.

• Authors: B K Datta, S K Datta, M M Chowdhury, T H Khan, J K Kundu, M A Rashid, L Nahar, S D Sarker
• Journal: Die Pharmazie (Pharmazie) Vol. 59 Issue 3 Pg. 222-5 (Mar 2004) ISSN: 0031-7144 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 15074598 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Analgesics
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Central Nervous System Depressants
• Flavonoids
• Glycosides
• Plant Extracts
• Sesquiterpenes
• Carrageenan
• Acetic Acid

Topics

• Acetic Acid
• Analgesics (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Carrageenan
• Central Nervous System Depressants (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Edema (chemically induced, prevention & control)
• Flavonoids (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Glycosides (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Mass Spectrometry
• Mice
• Motor Activity (drug effects)
• Pain Measurement (drug effects)
• Plant Extracts (chemistry)
• Polygonum (chemistry)
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Reaction Time (drug effects)
• Sesquiterpenes (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Spectrophotometry, Infrared
• Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet