In vitro evaluation of potential bitterness-masking terpenoids from the Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

J Nat Prod. 2014 Jul 25;77(7):1739-43. doi: 10.1021/np5001413. Epub 2014 Jul 7.

Abstract

In a screening of extracts of selected plants native to Ohio against the human bitterness receptor hTAS2R31, a chloroform-soluble extract of the aerial parts of Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) was determined to have hTAS2R31 antagonistic activity and, thus, was fractionated for isolation of potential bitterness-masking agents. One new labdane diterpenoid, solidagol (1), and six known terpenoids, including two labdane diterpenoids (2 and 3), three clerodane diterpenoids (6β-angeloyloxykolavenic acid, 6β-tigloyloxykolavenic acid, and crotonic acid), and a triterpenoid (longispinogenin), were isolated. Among these compounds, 3β-acetoxycopalic acid (2) was found to be the first member of the labdane diterpene class shown to have inhibitory activity against hTAS2R31 activation (IC50 8 μM). A homology model of hTAS2R31 was constructed, and the molecular docking of 2 to this model indicated that this diterpenoid binds well to the active site of hTAS2R31, whereas this was not the case for the closely structurally related compound 3 (sempervirenic acid). The content of 2 in the chloroform-soluble portion of the methanolic extract of S. canadensis was up to 2.24 g/100 g dry weight, as determined by HPLC.

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Ohio
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / drug effects*
  • Solidago / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Terpenes
  • labdane
  • taste receptors, type 2