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Planta Med 2002; 68(7): 645-647
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32890
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Evaluation of the Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of the Plastoquinone Derivatives Isolated from Roldana barba-johannis

Ana L. Pérez-Castorena1 , Amira Arciniegas1 , Ma. Teresa Ramírez Apan1 , Jose Luis Villaseñor2 , Alfonso Romo de Vivar1
  • 1Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, México
  • 2Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, México
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Received: November 23, 2001

Accepted: December 24, 2001

Publication Date:
22 July 2002 (online)

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Abstract

A phytochemical study of Roldana barba-johannis afforded two triterpenic esters, an eremophilanolide and three compounds structurally related to the antioxidants vitamin E and plastoquinone. Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of sargahydroquinoic acid, sargachromenol, their mixture, and their methyl esters showed that most of them are antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents.

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Dr. Alfonso Romo de Vivar

Instituto de Química

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria

Coyoacán 04510

D.F. México

Email: alrovi@correo.unam.mx

Fax: +52-5616-2217