Chemical constituents of aerial parts and roots of Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2014;62(6):608-12. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c14-00123. Epub 2014 Mar 15.

Abstract

An extract of whole plants of Pycnanthemum flexuosum showed an inhibitory effect on hyaluronidase activity. From an 80% acetone extract of aerial parts, 3-[(3E)-4-phenylbut-3-enoylamino]propionic acid, 3-O-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl-echinocystic acid 28-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-[3,4-diacetyl-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)]-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl ester, vanillic acid 1-O-[(5-O-syringoyl)-β-D-apiofuranosyl]-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranoside, and (4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-phenyl-tetrahydrofuran-2-one were isolated together with 30 known compounds. Six known compounds were isolated from an 80% acetone extract of roots, and eritrichin was revealed as a hyaluronidase inhibitor in P. flexuosum.

MeSH terms

  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / isolation & purification
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / metabolism
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Plant Extracts
  • Hyaluronoglucosaminidase