Swertiamarin

Swertiamarin is an orally active natural product with hypoglycemic, lipid-lowering, anti-rheumatic, and antioxidant activities. Swertiamarin can regulate the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, MMP, and NF-κB, and promote osteoblast proliferation. Swertiamarin has antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects against carbon tetrachloride induced rat liver toxicity through the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway. Swertiamarin can attenuate inflammatory mediators by regulating JAK2/STAT3 transcription factors in adjuvant induced arthritis rats. Swertiamarin can be used in the research of diabetes and arthritis[1][2][3][4][5].

[1]Vaidya H, et al. Swertiamarin: a lead from Enicostemma littorale Blume. for anti-hyperlipidaemic effect. Eur J Pharmacol. 2009 Sep 1;617(1-3):108-12. |[2]Wu T, et al. Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Effect of Swertiamarin on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatotoxicity via the Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2017;41(6):2242-2254.|[3]Hairul-Islam MI, et al. Swertiamarin, a natural steroid, prevent bone erosion by modulating RANKL/RANK/OPG signaling. Int Immunopharmacol. 2017 Dec;53:114-124. |[4]Saravanan S, et al. Swertiamarin attenuates inflammation mediators via modulating NF-κB/I κB and JAK2/STAT3 transcription factors in adjuvant induced arthritis. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2014 Jun 2;56:70-86.|[5]Vaidya H, et al. Anti-diabetic activity of swertiamarin is due to an active metabolite, gentianine, that upregulates PPAR-γ gene expression in 3T3-L1 cells. Phytother Res. 2013 Apr;27(4):624-7.