Pharmacologically active components of a Peruvian medicinal plant, huanarpo (Jatropha cilliata)

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1996 Feb;44(2):333-6. doi: 10.1248/cpb.44.333.

Abstract

From Jatropha cilliata M. Arg., a Peruvian medicinal plant, isoorientin and orientin were isolated as anxiolytic components by using the isolation guide of anti-conflict effect in mice. Several related flavonoids were also tested for this effect. Another bioassay-guided isolation using the acetic acid-induced writhing method gave a coumarin compound, fraxetin, as an analgesic principle.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / chemical synthesis
  • Analgesics / pharmacology
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents / pharmacology
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects
  • Body Temperature / drug effects
  • Conflict, Psychological
  • Diazepam / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electroshock
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Peru
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Rats

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Anti-Anxiety Agents
  • Diazepam