Abstract

Pharmacological potency and utilization of the medicinal plant Leuzea carthamoides DC (Wild.) Iljin is so far attributed to ecdysteroids [1], although the plant contains also other interesting biologically active compounds: lignans, stilbenoids, flavonoids and sesquiterpene lactones. Effects of the three above indicated characteristic types of secondary metabolites were tested on immunobiological responses triggered by lipopolysacharide and interferon-γ under in vitro conditions using murine resident peritoneal macrophages. Namely, production of nitric oxide was investigated.

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