Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:1.17.3.2 (xanthine oxidase)
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Lodoxamide tromethamine and several other anti-allergy drugs, i.e. inhibitors of rat passive cutaneous anaphylaxis, are inhibitors of purified xanthine oxidase. Inhibition is noncompetitive with Ki's in the 1-13 micromolar range. Lodoxamide tromethamine had no effect on another flavoprotein, glucose oxidase. Other studies have shown several of these drugs are inhibitors of aldose reductase. It is speculated that the anti-allergy drugs inhibit mediator release from mast cells by blocking univalent electron transfers which are essential for release.
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PMID:Inhibition of oxidative enzymes by anti-allergy drugs. 612 76

In this study, we measured the antiallergic activities of ginsenosides isolated from the root of Panax ginseng ( Araliaceae), and of their metabolites, as produced by human intestinal bacteria. Compound K, which was identified as a main metabolite, had the most potent inhibitory activity on beta-hexosaminidase release from RBL-2H3 cells and on the PCA reaction. The inhibitory activity of compound K was more potent than that of disodium cromoglycate, one of the commercial anti-allergic drugs. This compound demonstrated a membrane stabilizing action on differential scanning calorimetry. However, compound K did not inhibit the activation of hyaluronidase and did not scavenge active oxygen. These results suggest that the antiallergic action of compound K originates from its cell membrane stabilizing activity and that the ginsenosides of ginseng are prodrugs with extensive antiallergic properties. Abbreviations. compound K:20- O-beta- D-glucopyranosyl-20( S)-protopanaxadiol DNP:dinitrophenol DSCG:disodium cromoglycate DPPC:dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine DPPH:1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl HSA:human serum albumin IC 50 :50% inhibitory concentration EC 50 :50% effective concentration XOD:xanthine oxidase ICR:Institute of Cancer Research PBS:phosphate buffered saline PCA:passive cutaneous anaphylaxis RAW264.7:mouse monocyte leukemiaRBL-2H3: rat basophil leukemia SD:Sprague-Dawley
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PMID:Antiallergic activity of ginseng and its ginsenosides. 1286 69