A new eudesmane sesquiterpene glucoside from Liriope muscari fibrous roots

Molecules. 2011 Oct 26;16(11):9017-24. doi: 10.3390/molecules16119017.

Abstract

The screening of several Chinese medicinal herbs for nematocidal properties showed that the ethanol extract of Liriope muscari fibrous roots possessed significant nematocidal activity against the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus). From the ethanol extract, a new constituent (1,4-epoxy-cis-eudesm-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside) and three known glycosides [1β,6α-dihydroxy-cis-eudesm-3-ene-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (liriopeoside A), 1β,6β-dihydroxy-cis-eudesm-3-ene-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, and 1α,6β-dihydroxy-5,10-bis-epi-eudesm-4(15)-ene-6-O-β D-glucopyranoside] were isolated by bioassay-guided fractionation. The structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR and MS techniques. 1,4-Epoxy-cis-eudesm-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside possessed moderate nemato-cidal activity against B. xylophilus with a LC(50 )value of 339.76 μg/mL, while liriopeoside A (LC(50) = 82.84 μg/mL) and 1β,6β-dihydroxy-cis-eudesm-3-ene-6-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (LC(50) = 153.39 μg/mL) also exhibited nematocidal activity against B. xylophilus. The crude extract of L. muscari fibrous roots exhibited nematocidal activity against the pine wood nematode with a LC(50) value of 182.56 μg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antinematodal Agents / chemistry
  • Antinematodal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antinematodal Agents / pharmacology
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glucosides / pharmacology
  • Liriope Plant / anatomy & histology
  • Liriope Plant / chemistry*
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nematoda / drug effects
  • Pinus / parasitology
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Glucosides
  • Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane