摘要：The objectives of this study were to investigate the radical-scavenging activity and protective potential of Sophora flavescens from oxidative damage by the radical generator 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane)dihydrochloride (AAPH) in renal epithelial LLC-PK1 cells and to identify the active components using the bioassay-linked fractionation method. The MeOH extract and fractions of CH2Cl2, BuOH, and H2O from S. flavescens showed 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging effects in a dose-dependent manner ( p <0.01),whereas only the BuOH and CH2Cl2 fractions showed protective effects against LLC-PK1 cellular damage induced by AAPH in a dose-dependent manner ( p <0.01). In particular, the BuOH fraction had the most effective ( p <0.05) antioxidative capacity. Employing a bioassay-linked HPLC/MS method, the active constituents from the BuOH fraction of S. flavescens were isolated and characterized as sophoraflavanone G and kurarinone with potent antioxidant effects against the DPPH radical, with IC50 values of 5.26 and 7.73 μg/ml, respectively. Moreover, the compounds dose dependently recovered cell viability decreased by AAPH treatment ( p <0.01), suggesting their protective roles against cellular oxidative damage. The results of this study suggest that S. flavescens has excellent antioxidative and kidney-protective potential and that flavonoids from S. flavescens , i.e. , sophoraflavanone G and kurarinone, are the active constituents.
