Biotransformation of Curcumenol by Mucor polymorphosporus

J Nat Prod. 2015 Apr 24;78(4):674-80. doi: 10.1021/np500845z. Epub 2015 Mar 30.

Abstract

Biocatalysis of curcumenol (1) was performed by Mucor polymorphosporus AS 3.3443. Six metabolites including five new compounds were obtained, and their structures were elucidated as 10β-hydroxy-9,10-dihydrocurcumenol (2), 2β-hydroxycurcumenol (3), 15-hydroxycurcumenol (4), 12-hydroxycurcumenol (5), 1-hydroxy-4αH-guai-1,6,9-triene-2,8-dione (6), and 5-hydroxycarbonyl-1-oxo-3,7-dimethylindane (7) by spectroscopic analysis. M. polymorphosporus catalyzed unusual degradation and rearrangement reactions to generate a ring-contracted metabolite (7) of curcumenol (1). Curcumenol (1) and metabolites 4-7 exhibited inhibitory activities against lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages, with 7 exhibiting more potent activity than curcumenol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biocatalysis
  • Biotransformation
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mucor / metabolism*
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • curcumenol
  • Nitric Oxide