“…Previously, we reported the isolation of a new compound dihydroeleutherinol-8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) from a methanol extract of the rhizome of E. bulbosa, along with 14 other compounds: eleutherinol (2), eleutherinoside A (3), (-)-hongconin (4), eleutherin (5), isoeleutherin (6), eleuthoside C (7), eleutherineoside C (8), eleutherinoside B (9), (R)-7-acetyl-3,6dihydroxy-8-methyltetralone (10), eleuthoside A (11), eleuthoside B (12), eleutherinoside D (13), 3,6,8-trihydroxy-1-methylanthraquinone (14), and 2-acetyl-3,6,8-trihydroxy-1-methylanthraquinone (15). We also performed an in vitro evaluation of their inhibitory effects on the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells [4]. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by synovial inflammation and cartilage and bone destruction.…”