Luteolin-7-rutinoside has both anti-arthritic and antifungal activities, can result in a combination therapy for the treatment of fungal arthritis due to C. albicans infection.

At a dose of 10 μg Luteolin-7-rutinoside (lonicerin)/mL, there is an approximately 47% decrease of the proliferation as compared to proliferation of Luteolin-7-rutinoside treated (control) T cells (p<0.05). Luteolin-7-rutinoside at 40 μg/mL dose give almost the same rate of T cell proliferation as does 20 μg/mL dose of Luteolin-7-rutinoside. The suppressive activity is dose dependent. Luteolin-7-rutinoside treatment swifts Th1-Th2 balance away from Th1-toward Th2-type responses. Luteolin-7-rutinoside inhibits nitric oxide (NO) production from macrophages.

西域 has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

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