Anti-inflammatory property of the urinary metabolites of nobiletin in mouse

  • Shiming Li
  • , Shengmin Sang
  • , Min-Hsiung Pan
  • , Ching-Shu Lai
  • , Chih-Yu Lo
  • , Chung S. Yang
  • , Chi-Tang Ho

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Abstract

Nobiletin, a major component of polymethoxyflavones in citrus fruits, has a broad spectrum of health beneficial properties including anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic activities. The metabolite identification of nobiletin in mouse urine has concluded that it undergoes mono-demethylation (3′- and 4′-demethylnobiletin) and di-demethylation (3′,4′-didemethylnobiletin) metabolic pathway. Biological screening of nobiletin and its metabolites has revealed that the metabolites possess more potent anti-inflammatory activity than their parent compound. Therefore, this letter reports the identification of nobiletin metabolites and their anti-inflammatory activity against LPS-induced NO production and iNOS, COX-2 protein expression in RAW264.7 macrophage. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5177-5181
Number of pages5
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume17
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 15 2007

Keywords

  • 3′,4′-Didemethylnobiletin
  • Anti-inflammatory activity
  • Demethylnobiletin
  • Nobiletin
  • Nobiletin metabolites

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