The Comparative Study on Main Medical Effect of Total Flavone in Culture of Saussurea Medusa Maxim and the Wild One / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study anti-inflammatory, analgesic and immunomodulatory effect of total flavone in culture of Saussurea medusa Maxim and the wild one. Methods Different pain, inflammatory and immune models were made to investigate the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and immunomodulatory effect of total flavone in culture of Saussurea medusa Maxim and the wild one such as paw edema in mice, ear edema in rats and so on. Results There are obvious analgesic effect in pain caused by heat in total flavone in culture of Saussurea medusa Maxim and the wild one, and they have obvious restraining effect on paw edema in mice and ear edema in rats as well as on the function of transformation of lymphocyte T and B in rats. Moreover, there is no obvious difference between total flavone in culture of Saussurea medusa Maxim and the total flavone of the wild one. Conclusion Total flavone in culture ofSaussurea medusa Maxim and the wild one possess anti-inflammatory, analgesic and immunomodulatory effect, and there is no obvious difference between them.