The present invention provides methods for reducing the production of nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase protein and mRNA, and cyclooxygenase-2 protein and mRNA in cells both in vivo and in vitro via the administration of extracts and compounds derived from the seeds of
Pycnanthus angolensis
Warb. (
P. Kombo
), commonly known as African nutmeg. These extracts and compounds, namely,
kombo
butter,
kombo
butter acid extract, sargaquinoic acid, sargachromenol, and sargahydroquinoic acid, are also useful in the treatment and prevention of a battery of adverse health conditions in human, animal, and avian subjects that are advanced by the production of nitric oxide or its metabolites and/or by the activity of cyclooxygenase-2. Methods for the isolation of
kombo
butter acid extracts are also provided.
本发明提供了在体内和体外通过施用提取自昂果楠种子的
提取物和化合物来减少细胞中
一氧化氮、诱导型
一氧化氮合酶蛋白和 mRNA 以及环氧合酶-2 蛋白和 mRNA 的产生的方法。
Pycnanthus angolensis
Warb.
P.Kombo
),俗称非洲肉豆蔻。这些
提取物和化合物,即
蔻宝
黄油、
蔻宝
一氧化氮或其代谢物的产生和/或环氧合酶-2 的活性可促进人、动物和禽类的一系列不良健康状况。分离
柑橘
黄
油酸提取物的方法。