Four new C-21 steroidal glycosides from the roots of Stephanotis mucronata and their immunological activities

Steroids. 2005 Nov;70(12):791-7. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2005.05.001.

Abstract

Four new C-21 steroidal glycoside, stemucronatosides D (1), E (2), F (3), and G (4) were isolated from the roots of Stephanotis mucronata. Their structures were determined on the basis of chemical evidence and extensive spectroscopic methods including one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR. These isolated compounds were assayed for their immunological activities in vitro against concanavalin A (Con A)- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced proliferation of mice splenocytes. Compounds 1, 2, and 4 showed immunosuppressive activities in a dose-dependent manner, while compound 3 showed immunomodulating activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apocynaceae / chemistry*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Concanavalin A / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry*
  • Immunologic Factors / isolation & purification
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Mice
  • Mitogens / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Saponins / chemistry*
  • Saponins / isolation & purification
  • Saponins / pharmacology
  • Spleen / cytology
  • Spleen / physiology

Substances

  • Immunologic Factors
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Mitogens
  • Saponins
  • Concanavalin A