Structure-activity relationships of synthetic methyl glycyrrhetate glycosides

Phytochemistry. 1993 Mar;32(5):1173-5. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(00)95086-6.

Abstract

Of 15 synthetic methyl glycyrrhetate glycosides, the monoglycosides having CH2OH-6 or Me-6 in their sugar moieties and the diglycosides having a (1-->4) linkage between the sugar residues showed higher haemolytic activities than the others. The beta-maltoside and beta-lactoside exhibited much stronger antifungal activities against Trichophyton mentagrophytes than the others. However, none of them exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus or Bacillus subtilis.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Glycosides / chemical synthesis
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Glycyrrhetinic Acid / chemistry*
  • Glycyrrhetinic Acid / pharmacology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trichophyton / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Glycosides
  • Glycyrrhetinic Acid