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Influence of Anti-Inflammatory Flavonoids on Degranulation and Arachidonic Acid Release in Rat Neutrophils

  • María Tordera , María Luisa Ferrándiz and María José Alcaraz

We assessed the effects of 24 flavonoid derivatives, reported as anti-inflammatory, on lysosomal enzyme secretion and arachidonic acid release in rat neutrophils. Amentoflavone, quercetagetin- 7-O -glucoside, apigenin, fisetin, kaem pferol, luteolin and quercetin were the most potent inhibitors of β-glucuronidase and lysozyme release. The first com pound was also able to inhibit basal release. These flavonoids besides chrysin and to a reduced extent, naringenin, significantly inhibited arachidonic acid release from membranes. A correlation between degranulation and arachidonic acid release was found for this series of compounds. Structureactivity relationships and implications for the anti-inflammatory effects of these flavonoids were discussed

Received: 1993-12-30
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1994-4-1

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