Anti-Inflammatory and Immunological Effects of Centaurea Cyanus Flower-Heads

[en] Centaurea cyanus flower-heads are used in European phytotherapy for the treatment of minor ocular inflammations. Different pharmacological experiments (inhibition of carrageenan, zymosan and croton oil-induced oedemas, inhibition of plasma haemolytic activity, induction of anaphylatoxin activity) showed that polysaccharides extracted from C. cyanus flower-heads had anti-inflammatory properties and interfered with complement. Moreover, these polysaccharides were found to be mainly composed of galacturonic acid, arabinose, glucose, rhamnose and galactose.

Disciplines :

Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology

Author, co-author :

Garbacki, Nancy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Protéines et glycoprot. de matr.extracell. et membran.basal.

Gloaguen, Vincent

Damas, Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques

Bodart, Patricia

Tits, Monique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Phytochimie et phytothérapie

Angenot, Luc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacognosie

Language :

English

Title :

Anti-Inflammatory and Immunological Effects of Centaurea Cyanus Flower-Heads

Publication date :

15 December 1999

Journal title :

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

ISSN :

0378-8741

eISSN :

1872-7573

Publisher :

Elsevier, Switzerland

Volume :

Issue :

1-3

Pages :

235-41

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