The effects of crude alkaloids extracted from the stem bark of Hunteria zeylanica GARD. (H. zeylanica) on acute inflammatory responses such as carrageenin-induced paw edema in rats and croton oil- and arachidonic acid-induced ear edema in mice were investigated. Oral administration of H. zeylanica alkaloid extract (200—400 mg/kg) significantly suppressed the paw swelling induced by carrageenin. In the croton oil-induced ear edema, topically applied H. zeylanica alkaloid extract, at doses of 200 and 400 mg/ml, also significantly reduced ear edema. Moreover, the extract (50—200 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced in a dose-dependent manner the ear swelling induced by topically applied arachidonic acid (2 mg/ear). These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of H. zeylanica alkaloid extract on acute edema formation are partly due to inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase activity. © 1995, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.
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Reanmongkol, W., Matsumoto, K., Watanabe, H., Subhadhirasakul, S., Takayama, H., & Sakai, S. ichiro. (1995). Effects of Alkaloids Extracted from the Stem Bark of Hunteria zeylanica on Acute Inflammation in Experimental Animals. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 18(1), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.18.33
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