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Ahmadpourmir H, Attar H, Asili J, Soheili V, Taghizadeh SF, Shakeri A. Natural-derived acetophenones: chemistry and pharmacological activities. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING 2024; 14:28. [PMID: 38727781 PMCID: PMC11087454 DOI: 10.1007/s13659-024-00447-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Acetophenones are naturally occurring phenolic compounds which have found in over 24 plant families and also fungi strains. They are exist in both free or glycosides form in nature. The biological activities of these compounds have been assayed and reported including cytotoxicity, antimicrobial, antimalarial, antioxidant and antityrosinase activities. Herein, we review the chemistry and biological activity of natural acetophenone derivatives that have been isolated and identified until January 2024. Taken together, it was reported 252 acetophenone derivatives in which the genera Melicope (69) and Acronychia (44) were the principal species as producers of acetophenones.
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- Hamid Ahmadpourmir
- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Control, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Adewale Ahmed I, Hossain MS, Pei Cee L, Hisam Zamakshsharia N. A Review of the Ethnomedicinal, Phytochemical, and Anticancer Properties of Melicope Species. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202300952. [PMID: 37994297 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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The genus Melicope, which consists of 230 species, stands out as the largest genus within the Rutaceae family. Melicope species are characterized by their evergreen nature and can range from shrubs to predominantly dioecious trees. The Melicope species have been utilized in traditional medicine to address a wide range of ailments, including fever, colds, cramps, and inflammation. These plants have gained significant attention due to their noteworthy ethnopharmacological and ethnomedicinal significance. Researchers have isolated numerous biologically active secondary metabolites from different Melicope species, which include polymethoxylated flavonoids, furanocoumarins, acetophenones, benzenoids, and quinolone alkaloids. These compounds exhibit diverse biological activities, such as antibacterial, antidiabetic, antifungal, and antiproliferative properties against human cancer cell lines. This review provides an update on the chemical constituents of the selected species of Melicope. The study also highlights the anticancer and cytotoxicity properties of the plant extracts and phytochemical constituents from Melicope species. Furthermore, the molecular mechanisms underlying the anticancer effects are elucidated. Overall, this review contributes to understanding the significant pharmacological potential of Melicope species and unlocking their chemical composition, emphasizing their relevance in the development of therapeutic agents, particularly in the field of cancer research.
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- Idris Adewale Ahmed
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Science, Lincoln University College, 47301, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Centre for Sustainability of Mineral and Resource Recovery Technology (Pusat SMaRRT), University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, 26300, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, MAHSA University, 42610, Jenjarom, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300, Kota Samarahan Sarawak, Malaysia
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Kakumu Y, Thi Nguyen MT, Mitsunaga T. Molecular networking-based discovery of anti-inflammatory chromene dimers from Melicope pteleifolia. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2022; 202:113322. [PMID: 35839858 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the aid of a feature-based molecular networking strategy, five undescribed C2 and C1 symmetric chromene dimers, namely, melptelchromenes A-E, were isolated from the leaves of Melicope pteleifolia. Four asymmetric dimers were found to be racemates and were resolved by chiral phase HPLC analyses. Their structures, including absolute configurations, were elucidated by HRMS, NMR spectroscopy, and quantum mechanical calculations of ECD spectra and NMR chemical shifts. Melptelchromenes A-D possess a unique ethylidene linkage via two 2H-chromene cores, while melptelchromene E represents the first example of a dimeric chromene featuring a 1,3-diarylbutan-1-ol moiety. Of these compounds, 6,6'-linked dimeric chromenes showed nitric oxide inhibitory activities on lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264 cells, and (-)- and (+)-melptelchromene E were the two most potent compounds (IC50, 3.0 and 5.1 μM, respectively).
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- Yuya Kakumu
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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- School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 1 Dai Co Viet Road, Hanoi, 11615, Viet Nam; New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, 6-6-10 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan; Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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Concise stereoselective and stereodivergent syntheses of (±)-melicolones A and B. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wu Z, Wu L, Xing J, Li Y, Wang Y, Yao H. The complete chloroplast genome of Melicope pteleifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) T. G. Hartley (Rutaceae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2021; 6:1339-1340. [PMID: 33898750 PMCID: PMC8023594 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1909434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Melicope pteleifolia, an important medicinal and horticultural plant, has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects. Here, the complete chloroplast genome of M. pteleifolia was sequenced and its phylogenetic relationship was investigated. The complete chloroplast genome of M. pteleifolia was 159,014 bp in size, including a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR, 27,640 bp), a large single copy region (LSC, 85,124 bp), and a small single copy region (SSC, 18,610 bp). The GC content of the chloroplast genome was 38.3%. A total of 133 genes were annotated, including 88 protein-coding genes, 8 rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that M. pteleifolia clusters together with species of Toddalia, Zanthoxylum, Tetradium, Phellodendron, and Casimiroa.
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- Zhengjun Wu
- China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Shenzhen, China
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- Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Le KT, Bandolik JJ, Kassack MU, Wood KR, Paetzold C, Appelhans MS, Passreiter CM. New Acetophenones and Chromenes from the Leaves of Melicope barbigera A. Gray. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26030688. [PMID: 33525713 PMCID: PMC7865373 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The dichloromethane extract from leaves of Melicope barbigera (Rutaceae), endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, yielded four new and three previously known acetophenones and 2H-chromenes, all found for the first time in M. barbigera. The structures of the new compounds obtained from the dichloromethane extract after purification by chromatographic methods were unambiguously elucidated by spectroscopic analyses including 1D/2D NMR spectroscopy and HRESIMS. The absolute configuration was determined by modified Mosher's method. Compounds 2, 4 and the mixture of 6 and 7 exhibited moderate cytotoxic activities against the human ovarian cancer cell line A2780 with IC50 values of 30.0 and 75.7 µM for 2 and 4, respectively, in a nuclear shrinkage cytotoxicity assay.
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- Kim-Thao Le
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany;
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany; (J.J.B.); (M.U.K.)
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany; (J.J.B.); (M.U.K.)
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- National Tropical Botanical Garden, 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo, HI 96741, USA;
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- Institute of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany; (C.P.); (M.S.A.)
- Division Botany and Molecular Evolution, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Georg-August-University Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany; (C.P.); (M.S.A.)
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-211-81-14472
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The first total syntheses of (±)-melicolones A and B, which have a unique and densely functionalized framework derived from a rearranged prenylated acetophenone, were accomplished in 12.3% combined overall yield. The concise and divergent synthesis of these two natural products, which were isolated in racemic form, was achieved in a longest linear sequence requiring only 9 steps (11 total steps) and 8 isolated intermediates using commercially available starting materials. This approach, which might enable access to all tetracyclic melicolones, features the highly regioselective (16:1) and diastereoselective (15:1) dipolar cycloaddition of a carbonyl ylide generated by the unusual cyclization of a rhodium carbene with the carbonyl oxygen atom of an aliphatic aldehyde. This cycloaddition proceeds with dominant steric control to give a highly functionalized oxabicycloheptane core. Stereoselective enolate alkylation led to a prenylated intermediate that underwent an intramolecular aldol reaction to give the penultimate tricyclic intermediate. Tandem epoxidation of the pendant prenyl group followed by a regioselective, acid-catalyzed cyclization delivered (±)-melicolones A and B.
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- Zhipeng Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as melocochine A fromMelodinus cochinchinensis.
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