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Antifibrotic constituents of Alnus firma on hepatic stellate cells.
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PMID:  21504848     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Suppression of hepatic stellate cell (HSC) growth and activation have been proposed as therapeutic strategies for the treatment and prevention of liver fibrosis. In the course of screening antifibrotic activity of natural products, the methanolic extract of Alnus firma barks (Betulaceae) showed inhibitory activity of cell proliferation on HSC-T6 cells. A new triterpenoid characterized as lup-20(29) en-2,28-diol-3-yl caffeate (13) was isolated with 12 known diarylheptanoids (1-12) from the barks of A. firma using bioactivity-guided fractionation. Among these compounds, 2 and 13 significantly inhibited the proliferation of HSCs in dose- and time-dependent manners at concentrations from 10 to 100μM. Taken together, antifibrotic activities of A. firma and its active constituents might suggest the therapeutic potentials against liver fibrosis.
Authors:
Mina Lee; Mi Kyeong Lee; Young Choong Kim; Sang Hyun Sung
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-3-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1464-3405     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9107377     Medline TA:  Bioorg Med Chem Lett     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
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