Table 5.

Effects of briaranes 1–4 on LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 protein expressions in macrophages.

Compound	iNOS	COX-2
	Expression (% of LPS Group)	Expression (% of LPS Group)
Control	7.08 ± 1.55	2.41 ± 0.13
LPS	100 ± 6.96	100 ± 3.26
1	118.02 ± 10.81	112.77 ± 20.69
2	46.68 ± 4.56	61.81 ± 12.14
3	92.49 ± 14.67	101.95 ± 8.22
4	71.49 ± 3.78	104.51 ± 4.22
DEX a	36.52 ± 4.53	6.18 ± 1.05

^a Dexamethasone (DEX, 10 μM) was used as a positive control.