Dammarane-type triterpenoids from Gentianella azurea

J Nat Prod. 2014 May 23;77(5):1201-9. doi: 10.1021/np500077z. Epub 2014 May 7.

Abstract

Thirteen new dammarane-type triterpenoids (1-13) and four known analogues, gentirigenic acid (14) and the gentirigeosides A, B, and E (15-17), were isolated from Gentianella azurea. Their structures were elucidated by detailed analysis of the NMR, MS, and X-ray crystallographic data. This is the first report of dammarane-type triterpenoids in the Gentianella genus. In addition, the known structures of gentirigenic acid (14) and the gentirigeosides A, B, and E (15-17) were revised based on the X-ray diffraction analysis. Gentirigeoside A (15) was found to inhibit nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages with an IC50 value of 6.6 ± 2.1 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dammaranes
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology
  • Gentianella / chemistry*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Triterpenes
  • Nitric Oxide