Potential `Piperaceae methoxy flavones` as anti-inflammatory agent
Up to date there are approximately 2000 species of Piperaceae distributed throughout the world, with one fifth located in Malaysia. Piperaceae has been used by local people as an edible vegetable and treatment in traditional medicine with some species have been scientifically shown to possess high value biological properties which believe to be due to the presence of polyphenolic compounds. COX-2 is an important mediator of inflammation which promoting pathogenesis and degenerative diseases. In activated monocyte or macrophages, COX-2 expression is upregulated, suggesting that inhibition of COX-2 may reduce pathogenesis through its anti-inflammatory effects. This study evaluated the antioxidant activities of P. caninum crude extracts. Later, the isolated compounds from P. caninum were analyzed for cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition and in silico molecular docking.