Plants (Mar 2022)

Triterpenes and Phenolic Compounds from <i>Euphorbia deightonii</i> with Antiviral Activity against Herpes Simplex Virus Type-2

  • Muhammad Bello Saidu,
  • Norbert Kúsz,
  • Yu-Chi Tsai,
  • Máté Vágvölgyi,
  • Róbert Berkecz,
  • Dávid Kókai,
  • Katalin Burián,
  • Judit Hohmann,
  • Dóra Rédei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11060764
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
p. 764

Abstract

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Two undescribed compounds, 3β,7β-dihydroxy-24-methylenelanosta-8-ene-11-one (1) and neolignane deightonin (4) were isolated from the aerial parts of Euphorbia deightonii Croizat together with six known compounds, namely, kansenone (2), euphorbol-7-one (3), dehydrodiconiferyl diacetate (5), marylaurencinol D (6), scoparon (7), and 3,4,3′-tri-O-methylellagic acid (8). The structures of the isolated compounds were determined by HRESIMS, 1D (1H, 13C JMOD) and 2D NMR (HSQC, HMBC, 1H–1H COSY, NOESY) spectroscopic analysis, and by comparison of the assignments with literature data. The anti-herpes simplex virus type-2 activity of the isolated compounds were investigated by qRT-PCR assay on Vero cells after determining cytotoxic concentration 50% (CC50). Compounds 1, 3, 4, and 7 exhibited inhibitory effects with respective IC50 values of 7.05, 2.42, 11.73, and 0.032 µM. Scoparon (7) showed the strongest anti-HSV activity with a selectivity index of 10.93.

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