Antifungal and wound healing promotive compounds from the resins of Dracaena cochinchinensis

Fitoterapia. 2021 Jun:151:104904. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2021.104904. Epub 2021 Apr 2.

Abstract

Five new compounds (xuejieins A-E), including three new phenolic glycosides (1, 2, and 5) and two new flavonoids (10 and 11), together with six known compounds were isolated from the resins of Dracaena cochinchinensis (Chinese dragon's blood). The structures of the new compounds were confirmed by extensive spectroscopic methods and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data analysis. Especially, the absolute configurations of the sugar moieties in compounds 1, 2, and 5 were clarified by GC analysis after acid hydrolysis. All isolated compounds have been tested for antifungal and wound healing promoting activities, The results showed that compound 9 shows significant antifungal activities against Botrytis cinerea, Magnaporthe grisea, Penicillium digitatum, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. In addition, compound 4 could significantly stimulate human keratinocytes (HaCAT) proliferation, mobility, and human umbilical vein vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs) tube formation at 40 μM.

Keywords: Antifungal activities; Dracaena cochinchinensis; Flavonoids; Phenolic glycosides; Wound healing promotive.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • China
  • Dracaena / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • HaCaT Cells
  • Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phytochemicals / isolation & purification
  • Phytochemicals / pharmacology
  • Plant Extracts
  • Resins, Plant / chemistry*
  • Wound Healing*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Flavonoids
  • Glycosides
  • Phytochemicals
  • Plant Extracts
  • Resins, Plant
  • dragon's blood