Chemical constituents from Solanum muricatum and their antioxidant activities / 中成药

AIM To study the chemical constituents from Solanum muricatum Ait.and their antioxidant activities.METHODS The 85%ethanol extract from S.muricatum was isolated and purified by silica gel,MCI,Sephadex LH-20,RP-C18,TLC,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.Their antioxidant activities were evaluated by DPPH free radical scavenging activity screening technology.RESULTS Twenty-five compounds were isolated and identified as caffeic acid(1),5-hydroxymaltol(2),4-methoxy-4-oxobutanoic acid(3),nicotinic acid(4),daucosterol(5),α-spinosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(6),susaroyside A(7),ferulic acid(8),p-coumaric acid(9),methyl caffeate(10),ethyl caffeate(11),4,4-dimethylheptanedioic acid(12),calycosin(13),trans-4,4'-dihydroxystilbene(14),24-methylenecycloartanol(15),oleic acid(16),ethyl oleate(17),β-sitosterol(18),citrostadienol(19),pentacosane(20),β-sitosterol palmitate(21),(E)-4-[5-(hydroxymethyl)furan-2-yl]but-3-en-2-one(22),5,5'-oxybis(5-methylene-2-furaldehyde)(23),(E)-4-(5-(methoxymethyl)furan-2-yl)but-3-en-2-one(24),1,5-bis(5-methoxymethyl)furan-2-yl-penta-1,4-dien-3-one(25).The antioxidant capacity of 85%ethanol extract from S.muricatum was stronger than that of water extract.In the 85%ethanol extract from S.muricatum,the antioxidant capacities of each polar segment were 30%methanol,methanol,60%methanol,and water in turn.CONCLUSION Compounds 1-7 and 9-25 are isolated from this plant for the first time.The extracts of S.muricatum with different solvents and different polar segments have certain antioxidant activities.

Effect of Kudinoside D on ox-LDL-induced lipid accumulation and LPS-induced inflammation / 中国药理学通报

Aim To investigate the effects of Kudino- side D on lipid accumulation induced by oxidized low density lipoprotein ( ox-LDL) and inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide ( LPS ) in RAW264.7 cells.Methods Foam cells were established by incubating the RAW264.7 cells with ox-LDL.The concentration of lipid droplets in the cells was observed by oil red staining, and the level of total cholesterol (TC) in cells was measured by enzyme method.The gene and protein expressions of scavenger receptors CD36 and SR-A1, ATP binding cassette transporters A1 and Gl ( ABCA1 and ABCGI) were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot, respectively.The expressions of inter- leukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1 (3 (IL-ip), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1 ) and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) were detected by ELISA and RT-qPCR.The protein expressions of mTOR and p-mTOR were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with model group, the high dose of Kudinoside D decreased the content of TC and down-regulated the gene and protein expression of SR-A induced by ox-LDL.Meanwhile Kudinoside D also decreased the levels of IL-ip and MCP-1 and down-regulated the protein expression of p-mTOR induced by LPS.Conclusions Kudinoside D may reduce the intracellular TC content by down-regulating the gene and protein expression of SR-A1.Kudinoside D may play an anti-inflammatory role through mTOR pathway.

Chemical constituents of Aconitum brachypodum from Dong-Chuan area / 中国中药杂志

Aconitum brachypodum is traditionally known to be toxic chinese medicie, but its chemical constituents is not enough studied to date. To further elucidate the chemical constituents of A. brachypodum, 80% ethanol extract of A. brachypodum collected from Dong-Chuan area was investigated, which led to isolation of seventeen compounds. By spectroscopic methods, their structures were determined as hypaconitine (1), mesaconitine (2), talatisamine (3), neoline (4), fuziline (5), aconine (6), bullatine A (7), lepeine (8), songrine (9), isocorydine (10), beta-sitosterol (11), daucosterol (12), stearic acid (13), triacontanol (14), palmitic acid (15), benzoic acid (16), and inosine (17), respectively. All compounds except for compounds 1 and 7 were isolated from A. brachypodum for the first time.

Akaloids from roots of Stephania dentifolia / 中国中药杂志

Eight alkaloids were isolated from the thin sulfuric acid extracts of the fresh roots of Stephania dentifolia by aluminum oxide, silica and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography methods. Based on the spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence, the structures of these alkaloids were identified as sinoacutine (1), sinomenine (2), cephamonine (3), tetrahydropalmatine (4), capaurine (5), stepharanine (6), (+)-stepharine (7) and palmatine (8). All compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time.