Characterization of lipophilic pentasaccharides from beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

J Nat Prod. 2005 Feb;68(2):226-30. doi: 10.1021/np0496340.

Abstract

The hexane-soluble extract from the aerial parts of the herbal drug Ipomoea pes-caprae (beach morning-glory), through preparative-scale recycling HPLC, yielded six lipophilic glycosides, namely, five new pentasaccharides of jalapinolic acid, pescaproside A (1) and pescapreins I-IV (2-5), as well as the known stoloniferin III (6). Saponification of the crude resin glycoside mixture yielded simonic acid B (7) as the glycosidic acid component, whereas the esterifying residues of the natural oligosaccharides comprised five fatty acids: 2-methylpropanoic, (2S)-methylbutyric, n-hexanoic, n-decanoic, and n-dodecanoic acids. Pescaproside A (1), an acylated glycosidic acid methyl ester, is related structurally to the product obtained from the macrolactone hydrolysis of pescapreins I-IV (2-5). All the isolated compounds (1-6), characterized through high-field NMR spectroscopy, were found to be weakly cytotoxic to a small panel of cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Ipomoea / chemistry*
  • KB Cells
  • Mexico
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / isolation & purification*
  • Oligosaccharides / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Resins, Plant / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Resins, Plant