In our investigation of in vitro anti-allergic screening of medicinal herbal extracts, the ethyl acetate extract of the root of Wikstroemia indica was observed to inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and recombinant mouse interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) activated murine macrophage-like cell line, RAW 264.7. Fractionation of the active extract led to the isolation of two new lignan dimer bis-5,5-nortrachelogenin (1) and bis-5,5'-nortrachelogenin (2), and three known lignans. Compound 1 and lirioresinol B (5) inhibited NO production with IC50 values at 48.6 and 53.5 microM, respectively. Compound 5 also showed free radical scavenging effect on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) at IC50 values at 19.5 microM.
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