Anti-inflammatory Effect of Jatrorrhizine from Phellodendron amurense in Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated Raw264.7 Cells

황백으로부터 n-BuOH 추출물에서 약 50%의 hyaluronidase 저해효과가 있음이 확인되었다. n-BuOH 분획 농축물을 Sephadex LH-20 및 MCI gel CHP-20 column chromatography로 정제한 결과 저해활성을 가지는 Jatrorrhizine을 분리, 동정하였다. 황백추출물과 Jatrorrhizine은 모두 농도 의존적으로 NO 발현을 억제하였고, 100 ${\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 60% 이상의 억제 효과를 나타내었다. 황백추출물과 Jatrorrhizine의 iNOS와 COX-2의 억제력을 살펴본 결과, 100 ${\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 45% 및 29%의 저해효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 황백추출물 및 Jatrorrhizine은 LPS로 유도되어진 대식세포주인 Raw264.7 세포에서의 염증반응의 억제효과를 기대할 수 있었다. n-Butanol extracts from Phellodendron amurense have about 50% inhibitory activity against hyaluronidase. The anti-inflammatory compound was isolated from P. amurense by Sephadex LH-20 and MCI-gel CHP-20 column chromatography with gradient elution. As a the result, its structure was identified as Jatrorrhizine by the interpretation of spectroscopic analyses including $^1H$- and $^{13}C$-NMR. In anti-inflammatory activity, the expression of nitric oxide (NO) was inhibited as above 60% at 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ concentration of extracts and then purified Jatrorrhizine from P. amurense. The inhibitory activities against the expression of inducible NO syntase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were 45% and 29%. It seems that the extracts and purified Jatrorrhizine from P. amurense were expected anti-inflammatory effect in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated Raw264.7 cells.