Euphorhelipanes A and B, Triglyceride-Lowering Euphorbia Diterpenoids with a Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane Core from Euphorbia helioscopia

J Nat Prod. 2019 Feb 22;82(2):412-416. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00780. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Abstract

Euphorhelipanes A (1) and B (2), two Euphorbia diterpenoids with a new 4-(5,5-dimethylheptan-2-yl)-2,7-dimethylbicyclo[4.3.0]nonane skeleton, were isolated from a 95% ethanol extract of the whole plants of Euphorbia helioscopia. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis, quantum chemical calculations, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Compounds 1 and 2 represent the first examples of Euphorbia diterpenoids with a 5/6 fused carbon ring system, and their plausible biosynthetic pathways originating from jatrophanes are proposed. Compounds 1 and 2 showed a triglyceride-lowering effect in oleic-acid-stimulated HuH7 cells at concentrations of 1-50 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Euphorbia / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / chemistry
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / pharmacology
  • Oleic Acid / pharmacology
  • Triglycerides / blood*

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Hypolipidemic Agents
  • Triglycerides
  • Oleic Acid