Research Article

Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Actions of Methyl Jasmonate Are Associated with Metabolic Modifications in the Liver of Arthritic Rats

Figure 1

Chemical structures of jasmonates and anti-inflammatory prostaglandins. Jasmonic acid and cis-jasmonate differ by stereochemistry of R group at asymmetric center C-7. Methyl dehydrojasmonate is a synthetic analog of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) with an enone functional moiety. 15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15-deoxy-PGJ2) is formed by two consecutive dehydration reactions of prostaglandin D2 (PGD2). The images were modified from the original ones (Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository; Files: Enantiomers Jasmonic acid.svg and Prostaglandin D2.svg) using the program CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7 (Corel Corporation).