Three new guaiane sesquiterpene lactones from rhizomes of Curcuma wenyujin

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2013 Jul;15(7):723-30. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2013.796936. Epub 2013 May 16.

Abstract

Three new guaiane sesquiterpene lactones (4S)-4-hydroxy-gweicurculactone (1), zedoalactone G (2), and (1R, 4R, 5S, 10S)-zedoalactone B (3), and three known guaiane sesquiterpene lactones, including zedoarolide B (4), zedoalactone B (5), and a new natural product (+)-zedoalactone A (6), were isolated from the rhizomes of Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen et C. Ling. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including 1D and 2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS. The absolute configuration of 2 was determined via the calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD), whereas the absolute configurations of 1 and 3 were determined via the ECD data of the [Rh2(OCOCF3)4] complex and [Mo2(OAc)4] complex, respectively. The inhibitory effects of compounds 1-6 on nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-activated macrophages were evaluated. All of them exhibited weak anti-inflammatory activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology
  • Azulenes / chemistry
  • Azulenes / isolation & purification*
  • Azulenes / pharmacology
  • Curcuma / chemistry*
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Rhizome / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane

Substances

  • (1R,4R,5S,10S)-zedoalactone B
  • (4S)-4-hydroxy-gweicurculactone
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Azulenes
  • Lactones
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes, Guaiane
  • guaiane
  • zedoalactone G
  • gweicurculactone
  • Nitric Oxide