Benzoylpaeoniflorin, a natural product isolated from Chinese paeony root, could inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 in vitro. It has antibacterial, antidiabetic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects.
Benzoylpaeoniflorin can restrain apoptosis of rats with coronary heart diseases by increasing the levels of Bc1-2 and decreasing the levels of Bax, suggesting that it may treat coronary heart disease by decreasing apoptosis.
ChEBI: Benzoylpaeoniflorin is a terpene glycoside. It has a role as a metabolite.
Clinical claims and research
benzoylpaeoniflorin, albiflorin and paeoniflorin are three representative monoterpene glycosides in Radix Paeoniae Alba, a well-known traditional Chinese medicine with a great important biological activity.
Benzoylpaeoniflorin is a potential therapeutic agent against oxidative stress related Alzheimer's disease.
