β-CGRP, human ,a 37-amino acid peptide,is the beta form of Calcitonin-gene-related peptide (β-CGRP), involved extensively in regulation of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. β-CGRP contains a disulphide bridge at the N-terminus, a C-terminal phenylalanine amide important for immune recognition, and an a-helix between residues 8 and 18.

Aloenin aglycone (compound 13) is an NF-κB inhibitor that can be isolated from aloe exudate. Aloenin aglycone inhibits TNFα-induced NF-κB transcriptional activity (IC50: 18.7 μM). Aloenin aglycone (10 μM) also reduced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) gene expression after treatment of HepG2 cells with 10 ng/mL TNFα.

Total flavonoids from Astragali radix