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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 1067-1073Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802264004
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Platostoma africanum; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant; phytochemical investigation; acidic pentacyclic triterpenes
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Hexane and dichloromethane extracts of Platostoma africanum P. Beauv., a plant popularly employed in Nigeria in the treatment of rheumatic symptoms, were evaluated for anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Acute inflammatory effects were studied in the egg-albumin-induced rat paw edema. Both extracts produced significant (p < 0.05) and dose-dependent inhibition of the egg-albumin-induced pedal edema with the 400 mg kg(-1) dose being markedly better than piroxicam. The hexane and dichloromethane extracts also showed significant antioxidant activity with the dichloromethane extract exhibiting an IC50 comparable to that of BHT, a synthetic antioxidant. Phytochemical investigation of the extracts afforded eight acidic pentacyclic triterpenes, namely, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, epimaslinic acid, maslinic acid, corosolic acid, hyptadienic, euscaphic acid and tomentic acid, and a mixture of beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol. These constituents are reported for the first time in the genus.
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