Inhibitory Effects of Shouseiryu-to on Two-Stage Carcinogenesis. II. Anti-tumor-promoting Activities of Lignans from Asiasarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum.
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
- Vol. 20 (7) , 776-780
- https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.20.776
Abstract
Two lignans, asarinin (6) and xanthoxylol (7), were isolated from the radix of Asiasarum heterotropoides var. mandshuricum, which consist of a kampo prescription, Shouseiryu-to, as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). These lignans also exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects on a two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse skin and pulmonary tumors. Furthermore, it was confirmed that these hydrophobic lignans dissolved in the water decoction of Shouseiryu-to, and these lignans might be among the active constituents of this kampo prescription in terms of its anti-tumor-promoting activity.Keywords
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