Chemical constituents of Marrubium vulgare as potential inhibitors of nitric oxide and respiratory burst

Nat Prod Commun. 2014 Jul;9(7):903-6.

Abstract

Phytochemical investigation of the whole plant of Marrubium vulgare L., led to the isolation of three new secondary metabolites, 11-oxomarrubiin (1), vulgarcoside A (2) and 3-hydroxyapigenin-4'-O-(6"-O-p-coumaroyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), along with four known constituents 4-7 from the polar fractions of the methanolic extract. The structures of all compounds were deduced on the basis of NMR data and HRESI-MS measurements. The new constituents 1-3 exhibited moderate to low level of inhibition on nitric oxide (NO.) production. The compound 2 also showed a moderate inhibition on pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha. The new constituents 1-3 showed no inhibitory effect on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons, Cyclic / pharmacology*
  • Luminescence
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Marrubium / chemistry*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Polycyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Polycyclic Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Respiratory Burst / drug effects*

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Cyclic
  • Plant Extracts
  • Polycyclic Compounds
  • Nitric Oxide