Antioxidant activity and proanthocyanidin profile of Selliguea feei rhizomes

Molecules. 2013 Apr 11;18(4):4282-92. doi: 10.3390/molecules18044282.

Abstract

Proanthocyanidins from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei (PSFs) were solvent-extracted and fractionated by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography to give a 2.42% isolated yield (dry matter basis). 1H-NMR spectroscopy revealed the mean degree of polymerization (mDP) to be 2.6. 13C-NMR analysis showed typical signals for afzelechin/epiafzelechin units. Clear peaks at 76 ppm and 84 ppm indicated that both stereoisomers (afzelechin/epiafzelechin) are present. In agreement with the NMR spectra, the ESI-MS spectrum indicated that PSFs are mainly monomers to trimers consisting of afzelechin/epiafzelechin units with A-type and B-type interflavanyl linkages. A trimer was purified and identified as demethylated selligueain B. Thiolysis confirmed the structure and the thiolytic products, methyl 2-[(2R, 3R, 4S)-3,5,7-trihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chroman-4-yl]acetate (1) and 4β-(carboxymethyl)sulphanylepiafzelechin-(2β→O→7,4β→8)-epiafzelechin methyl ester (2), were purified and characterized. Selligueain A, demethylated selligueain B, compounds 1 and 2 possess high antioxidant capacity at 1.18 × 104, 1.16 × 104, 0.95 × 104 and 1.29 × 104 µmol TE/g, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Catechin / chemistry
  • Dextrans / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Polypodiaceae / chemistry*
  • Proanthocyanidins / chemistry*
  • Rhizome / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Dextrans
  • Flavonoids
  • Phenols
  • Proanthocyanidins
  • epiafzelechin
  • selligueain A
  • Catechin
  • sephadex
  • afzelechin