Lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity of some constituents isolated from the stem bark of Eucalyptus globulus

Arch Pharm Res. 2000 Apr;23(2):147-50. doi: 10.1007/BF02975503.

Abstract

Twelve compounds with lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity were isolated from the stem bark of E. globulus. Their structures were assigned as a new aromatic monoterpene (1) and eleven known compounds, pinoresinol (2), vomifoliol (3), 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenol 1-O-beta-D-(6'-O-galloyl)glucopyranoside (4), methyl gallate (5), rhamnazin (6), rhamnetin (7), eriodictyol (8), quercetin (9), taxifolin (10), engelitin (11), and catechin (12) on the basis of UV, mass, and NMR spectroscopic analyses. These compounds except vomifoliol significantly inhibited lipid peroxidation in rat liver microsome.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Eucalyptus / chemistry*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lipid Peroxidation / drug effects*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microsomes, Liver / drug effects
  • Microsomes, Liver / metabolism
  • Plant Epidermis / chemistry
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Rats
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared