NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 1196-1203.doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2022.7.013

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Screening of anti-allergic components from Corni Fructus and their effects on RBL-2H3 cells degranulation

ZHANG Ge-ke,LIU Xue*,YANG Cheng,SUN Ya-juan   

  1. Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids,Ministry of Education,School of Chemical and Material Engineering,Jiangnan University,Wuxi 214122,China
  • Online:2022-07-28 Published:2022-07-25

Abstract:

In the present study,the potential anti-allergic constituents in Corni Fructus were investigated. The anti-allergic components of Corni Fructus were preliminarily screened by hyaluronidase inhibition assay. The fractions with high hyaluronidase inhibition activity were further evaluated by the degranulation inhibition test of RBL-2H3 cells in vitro. The anti-allergic components were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results showed that the petroleum ether extract of Corni Fructus (COPE) had a significantly anti-hyaluronidase activity with an IC50 value of 3.11 mg/mL. Four fractions with higher anti-hyaluronidase activity were separated by silica gel column chromatography,among which COPE-8 had a more significant inhibitory effect on RBL-2H3 cell degranulation in a dose-dependent manner and showed low cytotoxicity. After treatment with 20 μg/mL COPE-8,the histamine and β-hexosaminidase released from RBL-2H3 cells were reduced by 46% and 39%,respectively. The main active components in COPE-8 were α-amyrin,β-amyrin,and sclareol,by GC-MS analysis. These findings signpost that COPE-8 has remarkable anti-allergic activity and has potential application in the development of anti-allergic active substances.

Key words: Corni Fructus, anti-allergy, anti-hyaluronidase, cell degranulation, GC-MS

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