Chemical Properties
Yellow crystalline powder, easily soluble in methanol and ethyl acetate, derived from Saururus chinensis.
Uses
Sauchinone is a lignan first isolated from the aerial parts of S. chinensis, a plant used in Asian medicine for its anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenic, and anti-nociceptive activities. Sauchinone has numerous effects on isolated cells, including blocking NF-κB activation in LPS-stimulated macrophages, inducing heme oxygenase-1 transcription in endothelial cells, and attenuating oxidative-stress-induced damage in myoblasts. Sauchinone is extensively metabolized in vivo, but intraperitoneal administration significantly reduces myocardial infarct size induced by ischemia/reperfusion in mice.
Biological Activity
Sauchinone is an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant lignan isolated from Saururus chinensis a medical plant used for the treatment of fever, jaundice, oedema and inflammatory disease in oriental folk medicine. Sauchinone inhibits LPS-inducible iNOS (NOS II), TNF-α and COX-2 expression in macrophages through suppression of IKBα phosphorylation. It appears th at sauchinone protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibition of p28 phosphorylation.
