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  • Title: Inhibition of human platelet cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and of platelet aggregation by a hemisynthetic flavonoid, amentoflavone hexaacetate.
    Author: Beretz A, Briançon-Scheid F, Stierlé A, Corre G, Anton R, Cazenave JP.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1986 Jan 15; 35(2):257-62. PubMed ID: 3002388.
    Abstract:
    Amentoflavone hexaacetate (AmAc) was synthesized from natural amentoflavone (Am), a biflavonoid extracted from Viburnum lantana L. Am does not inhibit aggregation of intact platelets up to a concentration of 100 microM but inhibits human platelet cAMP phosphodiesterase (IC50 = 22.0 microM). AmAc is a potent inhibitor of the aggregation of washed human platelets induced by ADP (IC50 = 2.3 microM) or collagen (IC50 = 4.7 microM). AmAc inhibits crude (IC50 = 8.6 microM) or partially purified (IC50 = 42.2 microM) human platelet cAMP phosphodiesterase. In the presence of prostaglandin E1, AmAc (10 microM) induces a 3.7-fold increase in total platelet cAMP. The characteristics of this action suggest a role for cAMP in the mechanism of action of AmAc. The incubation of AmAc with intact platelets for 5 min is necessary for its activity.
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