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DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556504
Inhibitory effect on no production of compounds from Styrax obassia
Two new benzofurans, 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-(1,3-dihydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran (1), and 2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-5-(3-hydroxymethyletoxy-1-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran (2) along with eleven known compounds as syringaresinol (3), lariciresinol (4), pinoresinol (5), epi-pinoresinol (6), 2-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-5-(1,3-dihydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran (7), egonol (8), homoegonol (9), salicifoliol (10), machicendonal (11), homoegonol glucoside (12), and 3β-acetoxyolean-12-en-28-aldehyde (13) were isolated from stem bark of Styrax obassia. Their chemical structures have been identified mainly by means of spectroscopic analysis. Their anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated against LPS-induced NO production in macrophage RAW264.7 cells.