Rutaecarpine
Catalog No: CFN97337
Rutaecarpine is an inhibitor of COX-2 with an IC50 value of 0.28 μM, and is also a potent inhibitor of CYP1A2. Rutaecarpine has anti-atherosclerosis, immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, gastroprotective, vasorelaxing, antihypertensive and anti-platelet effects. Rutaecarpine has positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the guinea-pig isolated right atria, possible involvement of vanilloid receptors. Rutaecarpine may be useful in the prevention of ultraviolet A-induced photoaging, it inhibits ultraviolet A-induced reactive oxygen species generation, resulting in the enhanced expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 in human skin cells.