Staminane- and isopimarane-type diterpenes from Orthosiphon stamineus of Taiwan and their nitric oxide inhibitory activity

J Nat Prod. 2004 Apr;67(4):654-8. doi: 10.1021/np030471+.

Abstract

From the MeOH extract of Taiwanese Orthosiphon stamineus, two new staminane-type diterpenes, staminols C (1) and D (2), and three new isopimarane-type diterpenes, orthosiphonone C (3) and D (4) and 14-deoxo-14-O-acetylorthosiphol Y (5), have been isolated together with 16 known diterpenes, orthosiphols A, B, D, K, M, N, O, X, and Y, nororthosiphonolide A, neoorthosiphol B, orthosiphonone A, secoorthosiphols B and C, 3-O-deacetylorthosiphol I, and 2-O-deacetylorthosiphol J. Their structures were determined on the basis of the spectroscopic data. All the newly isolated diterpenes exhibited dose-dependent inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophage-like J774.1 cells, and 2-O-deacetylorthosiphonone A showed the most potent activity, with an IC(50) value of 35.0 microM, comparable to that of the positive control N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA; IC(50), 35.7 microM).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abietanes / chemistry
  • Abietanes / isolation & purification*
  • Abietanes / pharmacology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Orthosiphon / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Taiwan
  • omega-N-Methylarginine / pharmacology

Substances

  • 14-deoxo-14-O-acetylorthosiphol Y
  • Abietanes
  • Diterpenes
  • orthosiphonone C
  • orthosiphonone D
  • staminol C
  • staminol D
  • omega-N-Methylarginine
  • Nitric Oxide