Investigation of inhibiting activity of the prostaglandin synthesis in vitro by some different extracts of three Chionodoxa species

In this study, different extracts of the species Chionodoxa luciliae, Ch. forbesii and Ch. sardensis, which naturally occur in western Turkey, were investigated for the inhibitory potential of prostaglandin synthesis. For some genera of the Hyacinthaceae inhibitory effects on cyclooxigenases (COX) are described [1]. In particular for many species of the genus Eucomis the inhibitory effects on COX-1 were investigated in several studies because some Eucomis species have been used in the traditional medicine of the native population of South Africa for many years [2]. For the genus Chionodoxa which does not occur i…