Xylopsides A-D, four rare guaiane dimers with two unique bridged pentacyclic skeletons from Xylopia vielana

Org Biomol Chem. 2018 Sep 26;16(37):8408-8412. doi: 10.1039/c8ob01689e.

Abstract

Four unprecedented guaiane dimers, xylopsides A-D (1-4), were isolated and identified from the roots of Xylopia vielana. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, Cu Kα X-ray crystallography and CD spectra. 1-4 showed two bridged pentacyclic skeletons between two guaiane-type sesquiterpenes, which were characterized as two different bridged ring systems. Among these compounds, 4 exhibited a moderate inhibitory activity against the production of nitric oxide with an IC50 value of 25.7 μM in RAW264.7 cells stimulated by LPS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dimerization*
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • RAW 264.7 Cells
  • Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane / pharmacology*
  • Xylopia / chemistry*

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane
  • guaiane
  • Nitric Oxide