Crotonkinensins A and B, diterpenoids from the Vietnamese medicinal plant Croton tonkinensis

J Nat Prod. 2009 Nov;72(11):2040-2. doi: 10.1021/np900215r.

Abstract

Two new diterpenoids, crotonkinensins A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the leaves of the Vietnamese endemic medicinal plant Croton tonkinensis. Their structures were determined to be 7alpha,10alpha-epoxy-14beta-hydroxygrayanane-1(5),16(17)-dien-2,15-dione (1) and 7alpha,10alpha-epoxy-14beta-hydroxygrayanane-1(2),16(17)-dien-15-one (2) by spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 showed strong anti-inflammatory effects on the LPS-induced COX-2 promoter activity and COX-2 expression in Raw 264.7 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology
  • Croton / chemistry*
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / drug effects
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / genetics
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Diterpenes
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • crotonkinensin A
  • crotonkinensin B
  • Cyclooxygenase 2