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ArticleJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2007

Echinacea species and alkamides inhibit prostaglandin E(2) production in RAW264.7 mouse macrophage cells.

Carlie A LaLone, Kimberly D P Hammer, Lankun Wu, Jaehoon Bae, Norma Leyva, Yi Liu, Avery K S Solco, George A Kraus, Patricia A Murphy, Eve S Wurtele and 4 more

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Article in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
16.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Immune system evaluation of Echinacea Purpurea root extract in female Harlan Sprague Dawley (Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD) rats.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2026
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  12. Alcohol extract of Echinacea pallida reverses stress-delayed wound healing in mice.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2009
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  13. Echinacea in infection.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carlie A LaLoneThe Center for Research on Dietary Botanical Supplements, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
Kimberly D P Hammer
Lankun Wu
Jaehoon Bae
Norma Leyva
Yi Liu
Avery K S Solco
George A Kraus
Patricia A Murphy
Eve S Wurtele
Ok-Kyung Kim
Kwon Ii Seo
Mark P Widrlechner
Diane F Birt
Iowa State University · US

Funding

THE PURIFICATION,STRUCTURE DETERMINATION AND SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE COMPONENTSP01ES012020 · NIEHS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BIRT, DIANE FEICKERT · 2002 to 2006
$6.9M
SEPARATIONS/STRUCTURE/BIOAVAILABILITY/KRAUS, GEORGEP50AT004155 · NCCIH · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BIRT, DIANE FEICKERT · 2007 to 2010
$4.5M
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT004155NCCIH NIH HHS P50AT004155NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES012020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 mouse macrophage cells was assessed with an enzyme immunoassay following treatments with Echinacea extracts or synthesized alkamides. Results indicated that ethanol extracts diluted in media to a concentration of 15 microg/mL from E. angustifolia, E. pallida, E. simulata, and E. sanguinea significantly inhibited PGE2 production. In further studies, PGE2 production was significantly reduced by all synthesized alkamides assayed at 50 microM, by Bauer alkamides 8, 12A analogue, and 14, Chen alkamide 2, and Chen alkamide 2 analogue at 25 microM and by Bauer alkamide 14 at 10 microM. Cytotoxicity did not play a role in the noted reduction of PGE2 production in either the Echinacea extracts or synthesized alkamides. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis identified individual alkamides present at concentrations below 2.8 microM in the extracts from the six Echinacea species (15 microg/mL crude extract). Because active extracts contained <2.8 microM of specific alkamide and the results showed that synthetic alkamides must have a minimum concentration of 10 microM to inhibit PGE2, it is likely that alkamides may contribute toward the anti-inflammatory activity of Echinacea in a synergistic or additive manner.

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AlkanesAmidesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCell LineChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDinoprostoneEchinaceaMacrophagesMicePlant ExtractsAlkanesAmidesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDinoprostonePlant Extracts

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PMID17696440
PMCPMC2365466
OpenAlexW2111808013

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