Polyphenolic constituents of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. and antibacterial effect of polymeric proanthocyanidin on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Jul 25;60(29):7297-305. doi: 10.1021/jf301621e. Epub 2012 Jul 13.

Abstract

Oligomeric and polymeric flavan-3-ols were obtained by chromatographic fractionation of extracts from Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. The structure of the polymeric constituent, cynomoriitannin, was characterized using spectral and chemical data. Results from acid-catalyzed degradation indicated that cynomoriitannin is a polymeric proanthocyanidin predominantly composed of epicatechin, together with low proportions of epicatechin-3-O-gallate and catechin as extension units. The terminal unit was chiefly composed of catechin, with an admixture of epicatechin. Size exclusion chromatographic analysis demonstrated a mean polymerization degree of 14. Two new phloroglucinol adducts (cynomoriitannin-phloroglucinol adducts A and B) obtained by acid-catalyzed degradation of cynomoriitannin in the presence of phloroglucinol were characterized using spectral analyses. Six oligomeric flavan-3-ols were also identified as follows: procyanidin B3, catechin-(6'-8)-catechin, catechin-(6'-6)-catechin, epicatechin-(4β-8)- epicatechin-(4β-8)-catechin, epicatechin-(4β-6)-epicatechin-(4β-8)-catechin, and arecatannin A1, respectively. These flavan-3-ols were isolated from C. songaricum. This is the first time that this procedure has been described. The antibacterial activity of the fractions and constituents was tested against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The crude acetone-water (7:3) extract had moderate activity against MRSA. Cynomoriitannin was the most effective of the plant constituents against MRSA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Catechin / chemistry
  • Cynomorium / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / analysis
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Polyphenols / analysis*
  • Proanthocyanidins / chemistry
  • Proanthocyanidins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Flavonoids
  • Plant Extracts
  • Polyphenols
  • Proanthocyanidins
  • proanthocyanidin
  • Catechin
  • Phloroglucinol