Anti-Inflammatory Prenylated Phenylpropenols and Coumarin Derivatives from Murraya exotica

J Nat Prod. 2018 Jan 26;81(1):22-33. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00518. Epub 2018 Jan 5.

Abstract

Three new prenylated phenylpropenols, exotiacetals A-C (1-3), 10 new coumarin derivatives, exotimarins A-I (4-13), and 35 known analogues (14-48) were isolated from the roots of Murraya exotica. The absolute configurations of the new compounds were assigned via comparison of their specific rotations, single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, Mosher's method, the ECD exciton coupling method, comparison of experimental and calculated ECD data, and the ECD data of the in situ formed transition metal complexes. Compounds 1-3, which possess an unprecedented hexahydro-1H-isochromen-1-ol system, are presumably biosynthesized from two prenylated p-coumaryl alcohol moieties via Diels-Alder [4+2] cycloaddition and cyclic hemiacetal formation reactions. Compounds 1, 28, 33, and 35 demonstrated inhibition against LPS-induced NO production in BV-2 microglial cells with IC50 values of 8.6 ± 0.3, 11.8 ± 0.9, 15.5 ± 0.9, and 16.9 ± 1.0 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry*
  • Coumarins / chemistry*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Microglia / drug effects
  • Murraya / chemistry*
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Prenylation
  • Propanols / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Coumarins
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Propanols
  • 1-phenylpropanol
  • Nitric Oxide