Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae) has been historically used in "dai" ethnopharmacy to treat chronic respiratory diseases. The leaf extract, developed as a commercially available traditional Chinese medicine, used to release tracheitis and cold symptom, has also been prescribed in hospitals and sold over the counter in drug stores.
Pharmacological evaluation of Alstonia scholaris: anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It is decoction of the leaves were used for beriberi. The bark contains the alkaloids ditamine, echitenine and echitamine.
The alkaloids fraction of Alstonia scholaris leaf, three main alkaloids, picrinine, vallesamine and scholaricine, may produce the anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect peripherally based on several in vivo assays. In in vitro tests, alkaloids exhibited inhibition of inflammatory mediators (COX-1, COX-2 and 5-LOX), which is accordant with results on animal models.
Catalog | Product Name | CAS Number | Manual |
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CFN99260 | N1-Methoxymethyl picrinine | 1158845-78-3 | |
CFN99261 | Alstonic acid A | 1159579-44-8 | |
CFN99262 | Alstonic acid B | 1159579-45-9 | |
CFN99377 | Vallesamine N-oxide | 126594-73-8 | |
CFN98013 | Picralinal | 20045-06-1 | |
CFN98432 | 19,20-(E)-Vallesamine | 3368-87-4 | |
CFN97014 | N-Demethylechitamine | 60048-88-6 | n/a |
CFN97168 | Echitamine | 6871-44-9 | n/a |
CFN97434 | 5-Methoxystrictamine | 870995-64-5 | n/a |
CFN97509 | Leuconolam | 93710-27-1 | n/a |
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