Chemoprotective potentials of homoisoflavonoids and chalcones of Dracaena cinnabari: modulations of drug‐metabolizing enzymes and antioxidant activity
- 16 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Phytotherapy Research
- Vol. 15 (2), 114-118
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.697
Abstract
A series of homoisoflavonoids and chalcones, isolated from the endemic tropical plant Dracaena cinnabari Balf. (Agavaceae), were tested for their potential to inhibit cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) enzymes and Fe‐enhanced in vitro peroxidation of microsomal lipids in C57B1/6 mouse liver. The effects of the polyphenolic compounds were compared with those of prototypal flavonoid modulators of CYP1A and the well‐known antioxidant, butylated hydroxytoluene. 2‐Hydroxychalcone and partly 4,6‐dihydroxychalcone were found to be strong inhibitors of CYP1A‐dependent 7‐ethoxyresorufin O‐deethylase (EROD) activity in vitro comparable to the effects of quercetin and chrysin. The first screening of flavonoids and chalcones of Dracaena cinnabari for antioxidant activity was done in an in vitro microsomal peroxidation assay. While chalcones were shown to be poor antioxidants, 7,8‐methylenedioxy‐3(4‐hydroxybenzyl) chromane, as one of the tested homoisoflavonoids, exhibited a strong antioxidant activity comparable to that of the strongest flavonol antioxidant, quercetin. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
Funding Information
- Czech Ministry of Health (IGA 3194-3)
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