Oleanolic acid from Luffa cylindrica

To expand our understanding of the anti-inflammatory activity of the well-known oleanolic acid isolated from one of its best characterised sources, the seeds of Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae), a series of experiments were performed to correlate complement activity with the inflammation caused by both carrageenan and Freund s adjuvant, in presence and absence of oleanolic acid and ibuprofen, which were administered at 60 mg/kg i.p. It was concluded that the effect of this triterpenoid must be mediated by its anti-complementary activity 73]. An analogous conclusion was drawn regarding the activity of boswel ic acids in the same tests [74]. 

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