Four new sesquiterpenes from Curcuma wenyujin and their inhibitory effects on nitric-oxide production

Chem Biodivers. 2010 May;7(5):1245-53. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200900160.

Abstract

Four new sesquiterpenes including the novel sesquiterpene lactone (6R)-dehydroxysipanolinolide (1), two new eudesmane-type sesquiterpenes, curcolide (2) and curcodione (3), and a new xanthane-type sesquiterpene, curcumadionol (4), were isolated from Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, together with five known ones, 5-9. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The inhibitory effects of compounds 1-9 on nitric-oxide production in lipopolysaccaride-activated macrophages were evaluated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Curcuma / chemistry*
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Rhizome / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Nitric Oxide