Inhibition of NO production by highly-oxygenated diterpenes of Orthosiphon stamineus and their structure-activity relationship

Biol Pharm Bull. 2003 Apr;26(4):468-73. doi: 10.1248/bpb.26.468.

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) has been implemented in various pathological processes. In the present study, 47 highly-oxygenated isopimarane-type and novel carbon framework staminane-type diterpenes isolated from Orthosiphon stamineus of Indonesia, Okinawa, Myanmar and Vietnam were evaluated for their inhibitory activity in NO production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophage-like J774.1 cells. All the isolated diterpenes showed concentration-dependent inhibition of NO production in LPS-activated macrophage-like J774.1 cells, and based on the results, their structure-activity relationship were established.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cell Survival / physiology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Nitric Oxide / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis*
  • Orthosiphon*
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Oxygen / isolation & purification
  • Oxygen / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Oxygen