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Planta Med 1998; 64(7): 653-655
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957541
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Colony Stimulating Factor-Inducing Activity of Isoflavone C-Glucosides from the Bark of Dalbergia monetaria

Kiichiro Kawaguchi1 , Sérgio de Mello Alves2 , Takashi Watanabe1 , Seiichi Kikuchi1 , Motoyoshi Satake3 , Yoshio Kumazawa4
  • 1Medicinal Plant Garden, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 2Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal da Amazônia oriental, Belém, Pará, Brasil
  • 3Division of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  • 4School of Science, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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1998

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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

To obtain immunomodulating substances from Amazonian medicinal plants, hot water extracts from 21 samples available commercially were tested in terms of mitogenic and colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-inducing activities. Among them, Dalbergia monetaria exhibited the highest CSF-inducing activity. Orobol 8-C-glucoside (OCG-8) and orobol 6-C-glucoside (OCG-6) were isolated from the bark of D. monetaria as major constitutents. The CSF-inducing activity of OCG-8 was higher than that of OCG-6 and a dose-dependent manner at a range of 0.1-l0 mg/mouse. Serum CSF production induced by an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection with 1 mg OCG-8 reached a peak at 4-6 h later, suggesting that OCG-8 would act on hematopoietic system.