A new anti-HIV alkaloid, drymaritin, and a new C-glycoside flavonoid, diandraflavone, from Drymaria diandra

J Nat Prod. 2004 Jul;67(7):1175-7. doi: 10.1021/np0400196.

Abstract

A novel anti-HIV alkaloid, drymaritin (1), and a new C-glycoside flavonoid, diandraflavone (2), along with eight known compounds, torosaflavone A, isovitexin, spinasterol beta-d-glycoside, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, cis-p-coumarate, methyl 5-hydroxy-4-oxopentanoate, and glycerol-alpha-lignocerate, were isolated from Drymaria diandra. Drymaritin (1) exhibited anti-HIV effects in H9 lymphocytes with an EC(50) value of 0.699 microg/mL and a TI of 20.6. Compound 2 showed significantly selective inhibition on superoxide anion generation from human neutrophils stimulated by fMLP/CB with an IC(50) value of 10.0 microg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Anti-HIV Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-HIV Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-HIV Agents / pharmacology
  • Carbolines / chemistry
  • Carbolines / isolation & purification*
  • Carbolines / pharmacology
  • Caryophyllaceae / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Neutrophils / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Carbolines
  • Flavonoids
  • diandraflavone
  • drymaritin