Prenylated 2-Phenoxychromones and Flavonoids from Epimedium brevicornum and Revised Structures of Epimedonins A and B

J Nat Prod. 2018 Jan 26;81(1):16-21. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00514. Epub 2018 Jan 17.

Abstract

Six hitherto unknown prenylated 2-phenoxychromones, epimedonin G (1), 7-O-methylepimedonin G (2), and epimedonins H-K (3-6), and two new prenylflavonoids, epimedonin L (7) and 3″-O-desmethylspinorhamnoside (8), were isolated from an ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Epimedium brevicornum. Their structures were established on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation. Compound 7 exhibited cytotoxic activity when evaluated against four human cancer cell lines (HL-60, A-549, MCF-7, and SW-480), with IC50 values of <10 μM. In addition, the structures of epimedonins A and B (9a, 10a), recently isolated from E. koreanum, were corrected by reanalysis of the published NMR data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • A549 Cells
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chromones / chemistry*
  • Chromones / pharmacology*
  • Cytotoxins / chemistry
  • Cytotoxins / pharmacology
  • Epimedium / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / methods
  • Prenylation

Substances

  • Chromones
  • Cytotoxins
  • Flavonoids