Phenylpropanoid glycosides from Heterosmilax erythrantha and their antioxidant activity

Arch Pharm Res. 2009 Oct;32(10):1373-7. doi: 10.1007/s12272-009-2005-4. Epub 2009 Nov 8.

Abstract

By various chromatographic methods, one new phenylpropanoid glycoside, heterosmilaside (1), two known phenylpropanoid glycosides, helonioside B (2), and 2',6'-diacetyl-3,6-diferuloyl sucrose (3), and three known flavonoids, isoquercetin (4), quercetin-3-O-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (5), and quercetin-3-O-(2''-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucuronopyranoside (6) were isolated from the methanolic extract of the aerial part of Heterosmilax erythrantha Baill. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. All the isolated compounds were tested for antioxidant activity in the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay. Among them, compounds 5 and 6 showed significant antioxidant activity with SC(50) values of 3.7 and 6.5 microg/mL, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Biphenyl Compounds / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers / isolation & purification
  • Free Radical Scavengers / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Picrates / chemistry
  • Propanols / chemistry*
  • Smilacaceae / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Glycosides
  • Picrates
  • Propanols
  • 1-phenylpropanol
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl