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. 2013 Oct 4;8(10):e75404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075404

Table 2. Inhibitory effects of some natural products in various inflammatory targets.

Natural product Zebrafish-based assay Rodent-based assays Cell-based assay References
MTC RLM Target, model Dose Target, cell line IC50
Apigenin 500 µM 0.35 TNF-α, C57BL/6J mice NF-κB, paw edema in mice 50 mg/kg 25 mg/kg IL-4, RBL-2H3 TNF-α, RBL-2H3 IL-1β, human monocytes 3.6 µM 5.3 µM 10 µM [45], [48], [54]
Luteolin 500 µM 0.41 NF-κB, paw edema in mice 50 mg/kg TNF-α, RAW 264.7 COX, rat peritoneal leukocytes <1 µM 100 µg/ml [45], [47], [54]
Naringenin 30 µM 0.37 TNF-α, IL-6, iNOS, COX-2, rats 50 mg/kg TNF-α, J774.1 PGE2, rat macrophages −7.9 µM [45], [55]
Quercetin 500 µM 0.31 TNF-α, IL-1, colitic rats 1 mg/kg TNF-α, RAW 264.7 PGE2, rat macrophagesTNF-α, iNOS, macrophages 1 µM 13.9 µM 50 µM [45], [56]
(−)-α-bisabolol 30 µM 0.48 TNF-α, paw edema and peritonitis in mice 200 mg/kg NO, PGE2, COX-2, RAW 264.7 100 µM [50], [57]
Caffeic acid 500 µM 0.14 IL-1β, paw edema in mice IL-1β, IL-6,TNF-α, mice 30 mg/kg 2 g/98 gof diet NO, RAW 264.7 4.80 µM [51], [52], [58]
Harpagoside 300 µM 0.15 COX-1, paw edema in mice 50 mg/kg COX-2, 5-LO, human whole blood and PMNLs [53], [59]