Baphia nitida

Omobuwajo, O.R., Adesanya, S.A., and Babalola, G.O., Isoflavonoids from Pycnanthus ango-lensis and Baphia nitida. Phytochemistry, 31, 1013, 1992. 

Essential oils have also been shown to be useful as anti-inflammatory agents. The anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activities of Ocimum sanctum fixed oil have been evaluated recently [220]. The results reported are consistent with the folk medicine use of different parts of this plant for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammation. The results of an investigation on the anti-inflammatory activities of flavonoids of Baphia nitida, another plant used in folk medicine, were recently reported [221]. The flavo no id-rich fraction of the leaf, obtained by a chromatographic process, was formulated into an ointment and exhibited significant antiinflammatory activity in several rodent inflammation models. The inhibition of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-a) and interleukin-1(3 (IL-1), mediators in many acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, by curcumin (111), a phytochemical isolated from the plant Curcuma longa Linn, was recently reported [222]. This report shows that, in vitro, curcumin (111), at 5 (J.M, inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced production of TNF-a and IL-1 by a human monocytic macrophage cell line. 

Colourless constituent of the Insoluble Red wootls, e.g. Red sandalwood Pterocarpua aanta-linus, Liun.), barwood Baphia nitida, Lodd),... 

Constit. of Pterocarpus osun and P. soyauxi, also Baphia nitida, W. helenoides and W. mollis. Cryst. (EtOH). Mp 222-223°. 

Arnone A, Camarda L, Merlini L, Nasini G, Taylor D A H 1981 Isoflavonoid constituents of the west African redwood Baphia nitida. Phytochemistry 20 799-801... 

The chemistry of the pigments of the insoluble red woods has attracted the attention of many chemists for more than 150 years (3, 4, 5, 6, 95, 96). These woods form a group of dye woods from Pterocarpus spp. R santalinus, red sandalwood of Southeast Asia) and Baphia spp. B, nitida, cam wood of West Africa) of the Leguminosae family. The structures of some of the pigments - e.g.. 

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