Dimethyl 3, 3', 4, 4'-tetrahydroxy-δ-truxinate isolated from the leaves of Andrographis lineata.Wall. ex. Nees suppress adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes for type 2 diabetes.

The present investigation elucidates the isolation and characterization of bioactive compound from the ethanolic leaf extract of Andrographis lineata (EtALL) which suppress the differentiation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The ethanolic leaf extract was subjected to bioassay guided fractionation in 3T3-L1 cell lines. Five fractions were isolated from the EtALL extract by column chromatography.