Yanhusanines A-F, Isoquinoline-Derived Alkaloid Enantiomers from Corydalis yanhusuo and Their Biological Activity

J Nat Prod. 2020 Feb 28;83(2):489-496. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01155. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Abstract

Six new pairs of isoquinoline alkaloid enantiomers, designated as yanhusanines A-F (1-6), were isolated from an aqueous extract of Corydalis yanhusuo tubers. The structures of these enantiomers were elucidated via physicochemical analysis and a variety of spectroscopic methods. All compounds were resolved into their enantiomers via chiral-phase HPLC, and their configurations were determined by DP4+ NMR calculation methods, specific rotations, and comparison of experimental and calculated ECD spectra. Compounds 1-6 bear a rare 9-methyl moiety, and compound 1 possesses a rare 1-oxa-6-azaspiro[4.5]decane core containing an N-CHO group. Compounds (+)-2, (-)-2, (+)-4, (-)-4, (+)-5, (-)-5, (+)-6, and (-)-6 exhibited selective inhibitory activities against human carboxylesterase (hCE2), in the IC50 value range of 2.0-13.2 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Corydalis / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Isoquinolines / chemistry*
  • Isoquinolines / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Isoquinolines