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Tatsinda Tsapi VB, Fotsing Fongang YS, Awantu AF, Kezetas Bankeu JJ, Lateef M, Chouna JR, Nkeng-Efouet-Alango P, Ali MS, Lenta BN. Crotofoligandrin, a new endoperoxide crotofolane-type diterpenoid from the twigs of Croton oligandrus Pierre ex. Hutch (Euphorbiaceae). Z NATURFORSCH C 2023; 78:275-283. [PMID: 36803991 DOI: 10.1515/znc-2022-0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Crotofoligandrin (1), a new endoperoxide crotofolane-type diterpenoid was isolated from the dichloromethane/methanol (1:1) extract of the twigs of Croton oligandrus Pierre Ex Hutch along with thirteen known secondary metabolites including 1-nonacosanol (2), lupenone (3), friedelin (4), β-sitosterol (5), taraxerol (6), (-)-hardwickiic acid (7), apigenin (8), acetyl aleuritolic acid (9), betulinic acid (10), fokihodgin C 3-acetate (11), D-mannitol (12), scopoletin (13) and quercetin (14). The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on their spectroscopic data. The crude extract and the isolated compounds were assessed in vitro for their antioxidant, lipoxygenase, butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), urease and glucosidase inhibitory potentials. Compounds 1-3, and 10 displayed activities on all the performed bioassays. All the tested samples showed strong to significant antioxidant activity with compound 1 being the most potent (IC50 39.4 μM).
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Bamenda, Cameroon
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- Multi-Disciplinary Research Lab, Bahria University, Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, 75270, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Higher Teacher Training College, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 47 Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Kawakami S, Otsuka H. Crotofolanes, rearranged crotoforanes, and a novel diterpene: isocrotofolane from Croton cascarilloides, collected in Okinawa. J Nat Med 2023; 77:421-429. [PMID: 37083998 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-023-01698-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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To this day, since about 50% of all medicines are derived from natural sources, natural product chemistry, especially the search for biologically active natural components, remains extremely important (Newman and Cragg in J Nat Prod 83:770-803, 2020). In this review, we deal with our continuing research work for promising constituents from plants collected in the Ryukyu Archipelago. The isolation of islands in the archipelago by the sea or by straits gives rise to endemic plant species that are unique to the islands. The structural diversity of the constituents produced by this unique flora is of great scientific interest in various aspects, including chemical structures, biosynthesis, and biological activities. The components from this structural diversity have great potential as new pharmaceutical seeds. In our continuing studies, we have successfully investigated new but extremely unusual diterpenoids: crotofolanes and their rearranged varieties (nor-crotofolane, trinor-crotofolane, neocrotofolane) and a glycoside with a new skeletal diterpenoid (isocrotofolane glucoside) from Croton cascarilloides. This review summarizes our reports on the investigation of crotofolanes as well as those on crotofolanes by other research groups.
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- Susumu Kawakami
- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women's University, 6-13-1 Yasuhigashi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-0153, Japan.
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- Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women's University, 6-13-1 Yasuhigashi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-0153, Japan
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Terefe EM, Okalebo FA, Derese S, Muriuki J, Rotich W, Mas-Claret E, Sadgrove N, Padilla-González GF, Prescott TAK, Siddique H, Langat MK. Constituents of Croton megalocarpus with Potential Anti-HIV Activity. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022; 85:1861-1866. [PMID: 35709365 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Reported herein is an anti-HIV monochlorinated compound, 1β-acetoxy-3β-chloro-5α,6α-dihydroxycrotocascarin L (1), of the rare crotofolane diterpenoid class. Compound 1, a suspected artifact of extraction, along with the previously undescribed 11β-acetoxycrotocascarin L (2) and a known compound, crotocascarin K (3), were isolated from the bark of Croton megalocarpus, a Kenyan oil-producing seed crop. Compounds 1 and 3 inhibited HIV-1 replication with IC50 values of 28 and 5.5 nM, respectively. Furthermore, both compounds lacked cytotoxicity toward MT-4 cells and FM-55-M1 cells at concentrations of up to 50 μM. Compounds 1 and 3 were both found to inhibit HIV-1 protease.
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- Ermias Mergia Terefe
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, United States International University-Africa, 14634-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 14634-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 14634-00800, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 54628-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Sigowet-Soin Sub-County Hospital, Sondu-Kapsoit Road, Sigowet, Kericho County, 112-20200, Kericho, Kenya
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K
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Kawakami S. [Structural Diversity of Chemical Constituents from Okinawan Plants]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2020; 140:355-362. [PMID: 32115552 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.19-00180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In our continuing search for secondary metabolites from plants, we investigated the chemical constituents of various Okinawan plants. From the stems and leaves of Croton cascarilloides (Euphorbiaceae), a great number of rare diterpenoids: crotofolanes; crotocascarins A-Q, and new diterpenoids; rearranged nor-crotofolanes: crotocascarins α-γ; a rearranged crotofolane: neocrotocascarin; and a new skeletal diterpenoid: isocrotofolane glucoside were isolated. Their structures were mainly elucidated from NMR spectroscopic evidence. In addition, absolute configurations of crotocascarins A, B, K and O, crotocascarin α and neocrotocascarin were determined by X-ray crystallographic analyses, chiral HPLC analyses of 2-methylbutyric acid in their molecules, application of the circular dichroism rule for the α,β-unsaturated γ-lactone ring, and the modified Mosher's method. The absolute structures of crotofolanes were reported for the first time, and a biosynthetic mechanism for the formation of crotocascarin α and neocrotocascarin from crotocascarin B was proposed. Other interesting compounds, namely diosmarioside H: a dimeric ent-kaurane glycoside from the leaves of Diospyros maritima, and melionosides A-C: megastigmane glucosides with a spiro-ring structure from the leaves of Meliosma lepidota ssp. squamulata were also isolated.
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Maslovskaya LA, Savchenko AI, Krenske EH, Chow S, Gordon VA, Reddell PW, Pierce CJ, Parsons PG, Boyle GM, Williams CM. EBC-342: A Novel Tetrahydrofuran Moiety Containing Casbane from the Australian Rainforest. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lidia A. Maslovskaya
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Queensland Australia
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- EcoBiotics Limited; PO Box 1 4884 Yungaburra Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; 4072 Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Maslovskaya LA, Savchenko AI, Pierce CJ, Boyle GM, Gordon VA, Reddell PW, Parsons PG, Williams CM. New Casbanes and the First trans
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-Casbane from the Australian Rainforest Plant Croton insularis. Chemistry 2019; 25:1525-1534. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Lidiya A. Maslovskaya
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Queensland Australia
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- EcoBiotics Limited; P.O. Box 1 Yungaburra 4884 Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; 4029 Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Queensland Australia
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Chemical Constituents from Croton Species and Their Biological Activities. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23092333. [PMID: 30213129 PMCID: PMC6225158 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23092333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The genus Croton belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, which comprises approximately 1300 species. Many Croton species have been used as folk medicines. This review focuses on the chemical constituents from Croton species and their relevant biological activities, covering the period from 2006 to 2018. A total of 399 new compounds, including 339 diterpenoids, were reported. Diterpenoids are characteristic components of the Croton species. These isolated compounds exhibited a broad spectrum of bioactivities, including cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, and neurite outgrowth-promoting properties. The present review provides a significant clue for further research of the chemical constituents from the Croton species as potential medicines.
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Vanden Berg TJ, Pinkerton DM, Williams CM. 7-Step total synthesis of (+)-EBC-329: Photoisomerisation reveals new seco-casbane family member. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 15:7102-7105. [PMID: 28820535 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01400g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first seco-casbane, EBC-329, isolated from the Australian rainforest, was synthesised from (+)-2-carene in seven steps. This endeavour not only established the absolute stereochemical assignment as (8R,9S)-EBC-329, but also identified, via photoisomerisation, a new seco-casbane family member.
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- Timothy J Vanden Berg
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.
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Maslovskaya LA, Savchenko AI, Gordon VA, Reddell PW, Pierce CJ, Parsons PG, Williams CM. The First Casbane Hydroperoxides EBC-304 and EBC-320 from the Australian Rainforest. Chemistry 2016; 23:537-540. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lidiya A. Maslovskaya
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Australia
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; Brisbane 4029, Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Australia
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- EcoBiotics Limited, PO Box 1; Yungaburra 4884, Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; Brisbane 4029, Queensland Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute; PO Royal Brisbane Hospital; Brisbane 4029, Queensland Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; University of Queensland; Brisbane 4072 Australia
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Yang B, Huang J, Lin X, Liao S, Zhou X, Liu J, Wang J, Wang L, Liu Y. New Casbane Diterpenoids from the Hainan Soft CoralSinulariaSpecies. Helv Chim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201400341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Maslovskaya LA, Savchenko AI, Pierce CJ, Gordon VA, Reddell PW, Parsons PG, Williams CM. Unprecedented 1,14-seco-crotofolanes from Croton insularis: oxidative cleavage of crotofolin C by a putative homo-Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement. Chemistry 2014; 20:14226-30. [PMID: 25233878 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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EBC-162 isolated from Croton insularis, obtained from the northern rainforest of Australia, was structurally affirmed as crotofolin C (4). Novel oxidative degradation products, EBC-233 and EBC-300, which are the first crotofolane endoperoxides, were also isolated. Both endoperoxides were found to be stable intermediates, which are proposed to undergo an unprecedented homo-Baeyer-Villiger biosynthetic rearrangement to give a new class of 1,14-seco-crotofolane diterpenes. Prolonged storage of all isolates assisted in authenticating their natural product status. Anticancer activities of reported compounds are presented.
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- Lidiya A Maslovskaya
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, Queensland (Australia)
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