Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Absolute Configuration of Syncarpic Acid-Conjugated Terpenoids from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

J Nat Prod. 2017 Apr 28;80(4):989-998. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01005. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Abstract

Three new syncarpic acid-conjugated sesquiterpenoids, tomentodiones E-G (1-3), and six new syncarpic acid-conjugated monoterpenoids, tomentodiones H-M (4-9), were isolated from the leaves of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. Compounds 1-3 represent the first examples of β-calacorene-based meroterpenoids. Their structures and absolute configurations were determined by a combination of NMR and ECD spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. On the basis of ECD data analysis for isolated and synthesized compounds, an empirical rule was proposed to determine the absolute configuration at C-7' of syncarpic acid-conjugated terpenoids. Additionally, a study of the reversal effect of multidrug resistance in doxorubicin-resistant human breast cancer cells showed that the noncytotoxic (+)-4 exerted the strongest potentiation effect of doxorubicin susceptibility, with an enhancement of 16.5-fold at a concentration of 30 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monoterpenes / chemistry
  • Monoterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Monoterpenes / pharmacology
  • Myrtaceae / chemistry*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Monoterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • Doxorubicin