Epicatechin pentaacetate is a phenolic compound from the V. mullaha fruit extracts, the utilization of V. mullaha fruit as functional food with prospective pharmaceutical, nutraceuticals and cosmeceutical properties.
Tripdiolide has cytotoxic, and anti-rheumatic activities, it suppresses pro-inflammatory gene expression, may be effective therapy for lupus nephritis.
Wilforlide A (T1) serves as a quality control standard of Tripterygium Glycosides that be listed in Drug Standard of Ministry of Public Health of the People's Republic of China. T1 has anti-inflammatory effects.
Wilfortrine can induce liver cancer cell HepG2 apoptosis, but with no effect on the cell cycle, mainly by promoting Bax expression and inhibiting anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 expression.
Zeorin shows strong inhibition activity against bacteria and fungi. It markedly exhibits inhibitory activity on histamine release from mast cell induced by DNP24-BSA, it shows potent inhibitory effect by 40% decrease of histamine release.
Triptoquinone A may be a useful candidate for the development of a drug as a potent inhibitor of iNOS gene over-expression. Triptoquinone A has anti-inflammatory activity, it prevents ndotoxin-or interleukin-1 beta-promoted induction of nitric oxide synth
Triptoquinone B is a novel interleukin-1 inhibitor, shows extremely potent inhibitory activities against interleukin-lα and β releases for human peripheral mononticlear cells, it shows the significant immunosuppressive activity.