Four new koumine metabolites in rat liver microsomes

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2013;15(1):46-52. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2012.742511. Epub 2013 Jan 17.

Abstract

Four new metabolites M-1 [1,2,18,19-tetradehydro-4-demethyl-3,17-epoxy-7,20(2H,19H)-cyclovobasan], M-2 [1,2,4,21,18,19-hexadehydro-4-demethyl-3,17-epoxy-7,20(2H,19H)-cyclovobasan], M-3 [1,2,18,19-tetradehydro-4-demethyl-4-formaldehyde-3,17-epoxy-7,20(2H,19H)-cyclovobasan], and M-4 [1,2,4,21,18,19-hexadehydro-4-demethyl-4-oxy-3,17-epoxy-7,20(2H,19H)-cyclovobasan] were isolated from the chloroform extract of koumine incubated with phenobarbital-treated rat liver microsomes. The structures of M-1, M-2, M-3, and M-4 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including ESI-TOF-MS, 1D, and 2D NMR experiments. The metabolic pathway of koumine was proposed. The cytotoxic activities between koumine and its metabolites were also compared in the A549 cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Humans
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Indole Alkaloids / metabolism
  • Indole Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phenobarbital / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

Substances

  • Indole Alkaloids
  • koumine
  • Phenobarbital