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Antithrombotic components of Malus halliana Koehne flowers
Lili Cui1, Meimei Xing2, Lanting Xu2
1Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China; Kaifeng Key Laboratory of Functional Components in Health Food, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
Abstract:
Flowers of Malus halliana (M. halliana) Koehne have been used as a Chinese traditional medicine to treat metrorrhagia and in our study, its chemical composition and anticoagulant effect were investigated. Five compounds were isolated and identified from M. halliana flowers, including limocitrin-3-O-glucoside (1), baohuoside Ⅱ (2), kaempferol-3-O-α-L-furan arabinoside (3), phloretin-4'-O-glycosidase (4) and afzeloside (5). Compound 1-3 were isolated for the first time from this genus. The anticoagulant effect of the compounds and extracts of M. halliana flowers were evaluated by APTT, PT, TT and FIB on plasma of rabbit in vitro. The results indicated that several fractions of M. halliana flowers and compounds 2-5 exhibited anticoagulant activity in vitro. Subsequently, afzeloside (5), the abundant component in M. halliana flowers, was investigated further for its antithrombotic effect in vivo and its antithrombotic mechanisms were evaluated on rats acute blood-stasis model. The antithrombotic effect was evaluated by WBV, PV, HCT, ESR, APTT, PT, TT, FIB, 6-keto-PGF1α, TXB2, ET-1 and eNOS in vivo. Afzeloside demonstrated inhibitory effect of thrombus formation, and its underlying antithrombotic mechanism was found to be related to the regulation of vascular endothelium active substance, activating blood flow and anticoagulant effect. Hence, we postulate that flavonoids may be the active ingredients of the plant.
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