Antioxidant and cytotoxic flavonols from Calotropis procera

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2011 Nov-Dec;66(11-12):547-54. doi: 10.1515/znc-2011-11-1203.

Abstract

Phytochemical investigations of Calotropis procera leaves have led to the isolation of two new compounds: quercetagetin-6-methyl ether 3-O-beta-D-4C1-galacturonopyranoside (3) and (E)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl-2-O-beta-D-4C1 -glucopyranoside)-methyl propenoate (4), along with eleven known metabolites: nine flavonol and two cinnamic acid derivatives. All metabolites were isolated for the first time from the genus Calotropis, except for 1 isolated previously from Calotropis gigantea. The structures were determined by spectroscopic methods (UV, ESI-MS, 1H, 13C NMR, 1H-1H COSY, HSQC, and HMBC). The radical scavenging activity of the aqueous methanol extract and compounds 8-13 was measured by the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. Cytotoxic screening of the same compounds was carried out on brine shrimps as well.

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Calotropis / chemistry*
  • Flavonols / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Flavonols