Medicinal flowers. I. Aldose reductase inhibitors and three new eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes, kikkanols A, B, and C, from the flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum L

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1999 Mar;47(3):340-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.47.340.

Abstract

The methanolic extract from the flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum L., Chrysanthemi Indici Flos, was found to show inhibitory activity against rat lens aldose reductase. By bioassay-guided separation, the active components, such as flavone and flavone glycosides, were isolated from the extract together with three new eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes, kikkanols A, B, and C. The structures of kikkanols A, B, and C were elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence, which included application of the modified Mosher's method.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Reductase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Animals
  • Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lens, Crystalline / enzymology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Rats
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • kikkanol A
  • kikkanol B
  • kikkanol C
  • Aldehyde Reductase