Antitubercular chromones and flavonoids from Pisonia aculeata

J Nat Prod. 2011 May 27;74(5):976-82. doi: 10.1021/np1008575. Epub 2011 May 4.

Abstract

Three new chromones, pisonins A (1), B (2), and D (4), two new flavonoids, pisonivanone [(2S)-5,7,2'-trihydroxy-8-methylflavanone] (7) and pisonivanol [(2R,3R)-3,7-dihydroxy-5,6-dimethoxyflavanone] (8), one new isoflavonoid, pisonianone (5,7,2'-trihydroxy-6-methoxy-8-methylisoflavone) (9), and five compounds first isolated from nature, namely, pisonins C (3), E (5), and F (6), pisoniamide (10), and pisonolic acid (11), together with 18 known compounds have been isolated from the methanol extract of the combined stem and root of Pisonia aculeata. Among these isolates, 2, 7, 14, 16, and 19 exhibited antitubercular activities (MICs≤50.0 μg/mL) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv in vitro.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Chromones / chemistry
  • Chromones / isolation & purification*
  • Chromones / pharmacology*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Nyctaginaceae / chemistry*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Chromones
  • Flavonoids