Bioactive coumarins from the leaves of Murraya omphalocarpa

Planta Med. 2003 Jul;69(7):654-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-41112.

Abstract

Using antiplatelet aggregation as a guide to fractionation, eight coumarins, omphalocarpinol (1), 5,7-dimethoxy-8-(3'-methyl-2'-oxobutyl)coumarin (2), murralongin, murrayanone, omphamurin (5), murragleinin, mexoticin, and murrangatin, were isolated from the leaves of Murraya omphalocarpa. Compound 1 is new, and 5 is a new enantiomer of omphamurin. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic techniques, and the structure of compound 1 was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Among them, compounds 1, 2 and 5 exhibited significant antiplatelet aggregation activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / isolation & purification*
  • Coumarins / pharmacology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Murraya / chemistry*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry*
  • Platelet Aggregation / drug effects
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Coumarins