Bioactive Flavone-C-Glycosides of the African Medicinal Plant Biophytum umbraculum

Abstract

Three flavone-C-glycosides—cassiaoccidentalin A (1), isovitexin (2) and isoorientin (3)—were isolated from the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) soluble fraction of the methanol crude extract of the African medicinal plant Biophytum umbraculum, This is the first report of these compounds in this plant. All compounds were identified by spectroscopic analysis and comparison with published data. Isoorientin (3) and the EtOAc extract showed the greatest antioxidant activity in the DPPH assay as well as the strongest inhibition of xanthine oxidase (XO) and 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO). From these results, the extract of B. umbraculum might be a valuable source of flavone C-glycosides.

Keywords

• Biophytum umbraculum
• flavone-C-glycosides
• DPPH
• xanthine oxidase
• 15-lipoxygenase