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Mian M, Brunelleschi S, Tarli S, Rubino A, Benetti D, Fantozzi R, Zilletti L: Rhein: an anthraquinone that modulates superoxide anion production from human neutrophils. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1987 Oct;39(10):845-7.
Rhein (4,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid), the active metabolite of diacetylrhein, which has been reported as an effective antirheumatic drug in man, inhibited superoxide anion production from human neutrophils challenged with N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP: IC50, 2 x 10 (-5) M) and A23186 (IC50, 10 (-5) M), but not with phorbol myristate acetate. In the same concentration range (10 (-6)-10 (-3) M), the drug did not affect oxy-radical production by a cell-free hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system and exerted weak inhibitory effects on FMLP-evoked lysosomal enzyme release. Rhein inhibitory effects on neutrophil functioning may contribute to the overall therapeutic activity of the parent drug, diacetylrhein. |
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