Protective effect of Hypericum calabricum Sprengel on oxidative damage and its inhibition of nitric oxide in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages

• Giancarlo A Statti ^[1] ; Filomena Conforti ^[1] ; Federica Menichini ^[1] ; Mariangela Marrelli ^[1] ; Carmen Gangale ^[2] ; Rosa Tundis ^[1] ; Monica R Loizzo ^[1] ; Marco Bonesi ^[1] ; Francesco Menichini ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Calabria

     University of Calabria

     Cosenza, Italia

     
  2. [2] University of Calabria Natural History Museum of Calabria and Botanic Garden
• Localización: Biological Research, ISSN-e 0717-6287, ISSN 0716-9760, Vol. 44, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 213-218
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The present study shows for the first time the phenolic composition and the in vitro properties (antioxidant and inhibition of nitric oxide production) of Hypericum calabricum Sprengel collected in Italy. The content of hypericins (hypericin and pseudohypericin), hyperforin, flavonoids (rutin, hyperoside, isoquercetrin, quercitrin, quercetin and biapigenin) and chlorogenic acid of H. calabricum, have been determined. The ethyl acetate fraction from the aerial parts of H. calabricum exhibited activity against the radical 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) with IC50 value of 1.6 jig/ml. The test for inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production was performed using the murine monocytic macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. The ethyl acetate fraction had significant activity with an IC50 value of 102 jig/ml and this might indicate that it would have an anti-inflammatory effect in vivo.