Isosakuranetin-5-O-rutinoside: a new flavanone with antidepressant activity isolated from Salvia elegans Vahl

Molecules. 2013 Oct 25;18(11):13260-70. doi: 10.3390/molecules181113260.

Abstract

Ursolic acid (1) and a new flavanone, 5-O-(6-rhamnosylglucoside)-7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyflavanone (2), were isolated from the leaves of Salvia elegans Vahl. These natural products displayed antidepressant activity in mice as determined by means of a forced swimming test (FST) evaluation. Structural elucidation was carried out by chemical derivatization (acetylation) and spectroscopic analyses, such as 1H- and 13C-NMR and two-dimensional (2-D) COSY, heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC), and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation (HMBC) spectroscopy experiments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antidepressive Agents / chemistry*
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Flavanones / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Salvia / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Flavanones
  • Flavonoids
  • isosakuranetin
  • flavanone