Molecules (Feb 2014)

Three New Clerodane Diterpenes from Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula

  • Tung-Ho Wu,
  • Yung-Yi Cheng,
  • Chao-Jung Chen,
  • Lean-Teik Ng,
  • Li-Chen Chou,
  • Li-Jiau Huang,
  • Yung-Husan Chen,
  • Sheng-Chu Kuo,
  • Mohamed El-Shazly,
  • Yang-Chang Wu,
  • Fang-Rong Chang,
  • Chih-Chuang Liaw

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules19022049
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 2049 – 2060

Abstract

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Three new clerodane diterpenes, (4→2)-abeo-cleroda-2,13E-dien-2,14-dioic acid (1), (4→2)-abeo-2,13-diformyl-cleroda-2,13E-dien-14-oic acid (2), and 16(R&S)- methoxycleroda-4(18),13-dien-15,16-olide (3), were isolated from the unripe fruit of Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula (Annonaceae) together with five known compounds (4–8). The structures of all isolates were determined by spectroscopic analysis. The anti-inflammatory activity of the isolates was evaluated by testing their inhibitory effect on NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Among the isolated compounds, 16-hydroxycleroda-3,13-dien-15,16-olide (6) and 16-oxocleroda-3,13-dien-15-oic acid (7) showed promising NO inhibitory activity at 10 µg/mL, with 81.1% and 86.3%, inhibition, respectively.

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