Anti-inflammatory and Antiosteoporosis Flavonoids from the Rhizomes of Helminthostachys zeylanica

J Nat Prod. 2017 Feb 24;80(2):246-253. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01164. Epub 2017 Feb 7.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the rhizomes of Helminthostachys zeylanica led to the isolation of eight new flavonoids including six cyclized geranylflavonoids, ugonins V-X (1-3), (10R,11S)-ugonin N (4), (10R,11S)-ugonin S (5), and ugonin Y (6), as well as two quercetin glucosides, quercetin-4'-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucopyranoside (7) and quercetin-3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-4'-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucopyranoside (8). The structures of these compounds were established by spectroscopic analyses and acid hydrolysis of the sugar moiety. Among the isolated compounds, 1, 2, 5, 6, ugonins J-S (9-13), ugonstilbene A (14), and ugonin L (23) were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity on lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in microglial cells. Except for 1, 5, and 13, all other compounds inhibited NO production with IC50 values of 6.2-10.1 μM and were more potent than the positive control, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate. Compounds 1, 2, 5, 6, and 10-13 were tested for antiosteoporotic activities, and ugonin K (10) exhibited the highest inhibitory activity against RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation in RAW264.7 cells with an IC50 value of 1.8 ± 0.2 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology*
  • Ferns / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Glucosides / analysis
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Magnoliopsida / chemistry*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Osteoporosis / drug therapy*
  • Quercetin / pharmacology
  • RAW 264.7 Cells / drug effects
  • Rhizome / chemistry*
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Flavonoids
  • Glucosides
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • ugonin K
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Quercetin