Oxygenated Cyclohexene Derivatives from the Stem and Root Barks of Uvaria pandensis

J Nat Prod. 2021 Dec 24;84(12):3080-3089. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00811. Epub 2021 Nov 21.

Abstract

Five new cyclohexene derivatives, dipandensin A and B (1 and 2) and pandensenols A-C (3-5), and 16 known secondary metabolites (6-21) were isolated from the methanol-soluble extracts of the stem and root barks of Uvaria pandensis. The structures were characterized by NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses, and that of 6-methoxyzeylenol (6) was further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, which also established its absolute configuration. The isolated metabolites were evaluated for antibacterial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus epidermidis and the Gram-negative bacteria Enterococcus raffinosus, Escherichia coli, Paraburkholderia caledonica, Pectobacterium carotovorum, and Pseudomonas putida, as well as for cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. A mixture of uvaretin (20) and isouvaretin (21) exhibited significant antibacterial activity against B. subtilis (EC50 8.7 μM) and S. epidermidis (IC50 7.9 μM). (8'α,9'β-Dihydroxy)-3-farnesylindole (12) showed strong inhibitory activity (EC50 9.8 μM) against B. subtilis, comparable to the clinical reference ampicillin (EC50 17.9 μM). None of the compounds showed relevant cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • Cyclohexenes / chemistry*
  • Cyclohexenes / pharmacology
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Plant Stems / chemistry*
  • Uvaria / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cyclohexenes
  • Plant Extracts
  • cyclohexene
  • Oxygen