Tropolone-Bearing Sesquiterpenes from Juniperus chinensis: Structures, Photochemistry and Bioactivity

J Nat Prod. 2021 Jul 23;84(7):2020-2027. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00321. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

Abstract

The tropolone-bearing sesquiterpenes juniperone A (1) and norjuniperone A (2) were isolated from the folk medicinal plant Juniperus chinensis, and their structures were determined by a combination of spectroscopic and crystallographic methods. Photojuniperones A1 (3) and A2 (4), bearing bicyclo[3,2,0]heptadienones derived from tropolone, were photochemically produced and structurally identified by spectroscopic methods. Predicted by the machine learning-based assay, 1 significantly inhibited the action of tyrosinase. The new compounds also inhibited lipid accumulation and enhanced the extracellular glycerol excretion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Juniperus / chemistry*
  • Melanocytes / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Photochemistry
  • Phytochemicals / isolation & purification
  • Phytochemicals / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Republic of Korea
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Tropolone / isolation & purification
  • Tropolone / pharmacology*
  • Wood / chemistry

Substances

  • Phytochemicals
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Tropolone
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase