Abstract
A new ceramide urticamide (1), two new secolignans urticalactones I (2) and Ⅱ (3), and a new flavonoid glycoside urticaside (4), together with 15 known compounds (4–19), were isolated from the leaves of Urtica fissa, a folk medicine for rheumatism arthritis in China. The active evaluation results showed that 1, 2, 3, 8, and 13 possessed the potent anti-inflammatory. They could inhibit the release of NO and TNF-α in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated RAW 264.7 cells, with IC50 values less than 4.0 μM.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are really grateful to Dr. Bona Dai of the Instrumental Analysis Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, for the measurements of NMR.