Three new sesquiterpene hemiacetals from Achillea vermicularis

Nat Prod Res. 2005 Sep;19(6):551-9. doi: 10.1080/14786410410001715604.

Abstract

Three new sesquiterpene hemiacetals, tentatively named as achilleanone (1), vermiculone (2) and vermicularone (3) have been isolated from Achillea vermicularis, along with three other known compounds beta-amyrin, oleonolic acid and beta-sitosterol. The structure elucidation of new compounds was based primarily on two-dimensional (2D) NMR techniques including Nuclear Overhauser Effect/Enhancement (NOE), heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC), heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) and nuclear overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) experiments. Compounds 1, 2 and 3 have displayed inhibitory potential against lipoxygenase enzyme in a concentration-dependent fashion with promising IC50 values.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Achillea / chemistry*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Lipoxygenase Inhibitors
  • Sesquiterpenes