Resin Glycosides from the Roots of Operculina macrocarpa (Brazilian Jalap) with Purgative Activity

J Nat Prod. 2019 Jun 28;82(6):1664-1677. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00222. Epub 2019 Jun 12.

Abstract

Analysis of the methanol-soluble resin glycosides from the roots of Operculina macrocarpa was assessed by generating NMR profiles of five glycosidic acids obtained through saponification, acetylation, and recycling HPLC purification. Operculinic acid H (1), two novel hexasaccharides, operculinic acids I (2) and J (3), the known purgic acid A (4), and a quinovopyranoside of (-)-(7 R)-hydroxydecanoic acid, operculinic acid K (5), were isolated. Three intact resin glycosides related to 1, the novel macrocarposidic acids A (6) and B (7), in addition to the previously known macrocarposidic acid C (8), were also purified with isovaleroyl, tigloyl, and exogonoyl [(3 S,9 R)-3,6:6,9-diepoxydecanoyl] groups as esterifying residues. A selective intramolecular lactonization was produced to generate a macrocyclic artifact (17) during acetylation of 1, resembling the distinctive structure of the Convolvulaceous resin glycosides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Resins, Plant / chemistry*
  • Resins, Plant / pharmacology

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Resins, Plant
  • operculinic acid