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An anti-inflammatory principle from cactus
1College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, 140-742, Seoul, South Korea. parkx034@sdic.sookmyung.ac.kr
Fitoterapia
|April 11, 2001
Abstract:
In previous studies, the ethanol extract of cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) showed potent anti-inflammatory action. In the present study, following fractionation of the methanol extract of cactus stems guided by adjuvant-induced chronic inflammation model in mice, an active anti-inflammatory principle has been isolated and identified as beta-sitosterol.