Diterpenoids with anti-inflammatory activity from the wood of Cunninghamia konishii

Molecules. 2013 Jan 4;18(1):682-9. doi: 10.3390/molecules18010682.

Abstract

Two new diterpenoids, konishone (1) and 3b-hydroxy-5,6-dehydrosugiol (2), along with three known diterpenoids--hinokiol (3), sugiol (4), and 12-hydroxy-6,7-secoabieta-8,11,13-triene-6,7-dial (5)--were isolated from the wood of Cunninghamia konishii. Compound 1 is a novel skeleton of the 7,20-dinorabietane-type diterpene. In addition, when RAW264.7 macrophages were treated with different concentrations of compounds 1, 3, and 5 together with LPS, a significant concentration-dependent inhibition of NO production was detected. The IC₅₀ values for inhibition of nitrite production of compounds 1, 3, and 5 were about 9.8 ± 0.7, 7.9 ± 0.9, and 9.3 ± 1.3 μg/mL, respectively. This study presents the potential utilization of compounds 1, 3, and 5, as lead compounds for the development of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cunninghamia / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Mice
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Wood / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • konishone
  • secoferruginol
  • sugiol
  • Nitric Oxide