Bioactive Phenanthrene and Bibenzyl Derivatives from the Stems of Dendrobium nobile

J Nat Prod. 2016 Jul 22;79(7):1791-7. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00252. Epub 2016 Jun 16.

Abstract

A new enantiomeric pair of spirodiketones, (+)- and (-)-denobilone A (1 and 2), three new phenanthrene derivatives (3-5), and three new biphenanthrenes (22-24), along with 11 known phenanthrene derivatives (6-16), five known bibenzyl derivatives (17-21), and four known biphenanthrenes (25-28), were isolated from Dendrobium nobile. The structures of 1-5 and 22-24 were elucidated using comprehensive spectroscopic methods. (+)-Denobilone and (-)-denobilone A (1 and 2) were isolated as a pair of enantiomers by chiral HPLC. The absolute configurations of (+)- and (-)-denobilone A (1 and 2) were determined by comparing their experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra. The absolute configuration of denobilone B (3) was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The inhibitory activities of all compounds against nine phytopathogenic fungi and three cancer cell lines were evaluated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Bibenzyls / chemistry
  • Bibenzyls / isolation & purification*
  • Bibenzyls / pharmacology*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dendrobium / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenanthrenes / chemistry
  • Phenanthrenes / isolation & purification*
  • Phenanthrenes / pharmacology*
  • Plant Stems / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Bibenzyls
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Phenanthrenes