| Literature DB >> 16180831 |
Catherine E McNamara1, Lesley Larsen, Nigel B Perry, Jacquie L Harper, Michael V Berridge, Elizabeth W Chia, Michelle Kelly, Victoria L Webb.
Abstract
The inhibition of superoxide production by human neutrophils has been used to screen New Zealand's unique biota for anti-inflammatory natural products. Bioactivity-directed isolation on an extract of the sponge Dysidea cf. cristagalli led to a new sesquiterpene-quinone (4) with anti-inflammatory activity, plus acetylated hydroquinone (3). These compounds inhibited superoxide production in vitro with IC50's of 3 microM (3) and 11 microM (4).Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16180831 DOI: 10.1021/np050171n
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nat Prod ISSN: 0163-3864 Impact factor: 4.050