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Holland DC, Carroll AR. Structure Revision of Formyl Phloroglucinol Meroterpenoids: A Unified Approach Using NMR Fingerprinting and DFT NMR and ECD Analyses. Molecules 2024; 29:594. [PMID: 38338339 PMCID: PMC10856187 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29030594] [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: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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NMR fingerprints are valuable tools for analyzing complex natural product mixtures and identifying incorrectly assigned structures in the literature. Our diagnostic NMR fingerprints for formyl phloroglucinol meroterpenoids revealed discrepancies in the structures reported for eucalyprobusal C (1a) and eucalypcamal K (2a). NMR fingerprinting PCA analyses identified 1a as an oxepine-diformyl phloroglucinol and 2a as an oxepine 3-acyl-1-formyl phloroglucinol, contrary to their initial assignments as pyrano-diformyl and pyrano 3-acyl-1-formyl phloroglucinols, respectively. Extensive reinterpretation of their reported one- and two-dimensional NMR data, coupled with GIAO DFT-calculated 1H and 13C NMR chemical shift and DP4+ analyses, supported the unequivocal reassignment of eucalyprobusal C to 1b and eucalypcamal K to 2b. The absolute configurations of the revised oxepine-containing phloroglucinol meroterpenoids were confirmed via the reinterpretation of their reported ROESY and NOESY NMR data, along with comparative TDDFT-calculated and experimental ECD spectra.
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- Darren C. Holland
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
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Perry MJ, Wangchuk P. The Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Bioactivities of the Corymbia Genus (Myrtaceae). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3686. [PMID: 37960043 PMCID: PMC10648436 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Plants have been vital to human survival for aeons, especially for their unique medicinal properties. Trees of the Eucalyptus genus are well known for their medicinal properties; however, little is known of the ethnopharmacology and bioactivities of their close relatives in the Corymbia genus. Given the current lack of widespread knowledge of the Corymbia genus, this review aims to provide the first summary of the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and bioactivities of this genus. The Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify research articles on the biological activities, phytochemistry and ethnomedical uses of Corymbia species. Of the 115 Corymbia species known, 14 species were found to have ethnomedical uses for the leaves, kino and/or bark. Analysis of the references obtained for these 14 Corymbia spp. revealed that the essential oils, crude extracts and compounds isolated from these species possess an array of biological activities including anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-protozoal, anti-viral, larvicidal, insecticidal, acaricidal, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-cancer and anti-diabetic activities, highlighting the potential for this under-studied genus to provide lead compounds and treatments for a host of medical conditions.
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- Matthew J. Perry
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia;
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
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- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia;
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia
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Prebble DW, Holland DC, Ferretti F, Hayton JB, Avery VM, Mellick GD, Carroll AR. α-Synuclein Aggregation Inhibitory and Antiplasmodial Activity of Constituents from the Australian Tree Eucalyptus cloeziana. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 86:2171-2184. [PMID: 37610242 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Amyloid protein aggregates are linked to the progression of neurodegenerative conditions and may play a role in life stages of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria. We hypothesize that amyloid protein aggregation inhibitors may show antiplasmodial activity and vice versa. To test this hypothesis, we screened antiplasmodial active extracts from 25 Australian eucalypt flowers using a binding affinity mass spectrometry assay to identify molecules that bind to the Parkinson's disease-implicated protein α-syn. Myrtucommulone P (1) from a flower extract of Eucalyptus cloeziana was shown to have α-syn affinity and antiplasmodial activity and to inhibit α-syn aggregation. 1 exists as a mixture of four interconverting rotamers. Assignment of the NMR resonances of all four rotamers allowed us to define the relative configuration, conformations, and ratios of rotamers in solution. Four additional new compounds, cloeziones A-C (2-4) and cloeperoxide (5), along with three known compounds were also isolated from E. cloeziana. The structures of all compounds were elucidated using HRMS and NMR analysis, and the absolute configurations for 2-4 were determined by comparison of TDDFT-calculated and experimental ECD data. Compounds 1-3 displayed antiplasmodial activities between IC50 6.6 and 16 μM. The α-syn inhibitory and antiplasmodial activity of myrtucommulone P (1) supports the hypothesized link between antiamyloidogenic and antiplasmodial activity.
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- Dale W Prebble
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- Discovery Biology, Centre for Cellular Phenomics, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
- Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
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Baxter JR, Holland DC, Gavranich B, Nicolle D, Hayton JB, Avery VM, Carroll AR. NMR Fingerprints of Formyl Phloroglucinol Meroterpenoids and Their Application to the Investigation of Eucalyptus gittinsii subsp. gittinsii. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 86:1317-1334. [PMID: 37171174 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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NMR fingerprints provide powerful tools to identify natural products in complex mixtures. Principal component analysis and machine learning using 1H and 13C NMR data, alongside structural information from 180 published formyl phloroglucinols, have generated diagnostic NMR fingerprints to categorize subclasses within this group. This resulted in the reassignment of 167 NMR chemical shifts ascribed to 44 compounds. Three pyrano-diformyl phloroglucinols, euglobal In-1 and psiguadiols E and G, contained 1H and 13C NMR data inconsistent with their predicted phloroglucinol subclass. Subsequent reinterpretation of their 2D NMR data combined with DFT 13C NMR chemical shift and ECD calculations led to their structure revisions. Direct covariance processing of HMBC data permitted 1H resonances for individual compounds in mixtures to be associated, and analysis of their 1H/13C HMBC correlations using the fingerprint tool further classified components into phloroglucinol subclasses. NMR fingerprinting HMBC data obtained for six eucalypt flower extracts identified three subclasses of pyrano-acyl-formyl phloroglucinols from Eucalyptus gittinsii subsp. gittinsii. New, eucalteretial F and (+)-eucalteretial B, and known, (-)-euglobal VII and eucalrobusone C, compounds, each belonging to predicted subclasses, were isolated and characterized. Staphylococcus aureus and Plasmodium falciparum screening revealed eucalrobusone C as the most potent antiplasmodial formyl phloroglucinol to date.
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- James R Baxter
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia
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- Currency Creek Arboretum, PO Box 808, Melrose Park, SA 5039, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld 4111, Australia
- Discovery Biology, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, Qld 4111, Australia
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Anti-Fibrotic Potential of Tomentosenol A, a Constituent of Cerumen from the Australian Native Stingless Bee, Tetragonula carbonaria. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11081604. [PMID: 36009323 PMCID: PMC9404848 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11081604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bioactivity-guided fractionation was used to isolate two compounds, tomentosenol A (1) and torellianone A (2), from a cerumen extract from Tetragonula carbonaria. The anti-fibrotic activity of these compounds was examined using human cultured neonatal foreskin fibroblasts (NFF) and immortalised keratinocytes (HaCaTs). Tomentosenol A (1), inhibited NFF and HaCaT cell proliferation and prevented NFF and HaCaT scratch wound repopulation at 12.5-25 µM concentrations. These inhibitory effects were associated with reduced cell viability, determined by tetrazolium dye (MTT) and sulforhodamine B (SRB) assays. Compound 1 further inhibited transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-stimulated, NFF-myofibroblast differentiation and soluble collagen production; and was an effective scavenger of the model oxidant, 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH·), with an EC50 value of 44.7 ± 3.1 µM. These findings reveal significant anti-fibrotic potential for cerumen-derived tomentosenol A (1).
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Kleks G, Holland DC, Porter J, Carroll AR. Natural products dereplication by diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY). Chem Sci 2021; 12:10930-10943. [PMID: 34476071 PMCID: PMC8372548 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02940a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) can be used to analyze mixtures of compounds since resonances deriving from different compounds are distinguished by their diffusion coefficients (D). Previously, DOSY has mostly been used for organometallic and polymer analysis, we have now applied DOSY to investigate diffusion coefficients of structurally diverse organic compounds such as natural products (NP). The experimental Ds derived from 55 diverse NPs has allowed us to establish a power law relationship between D and molecular weight (MW) and therefore predict MW from experimental D. We have shown that D is also affected by factors such as hydrogen bonding, molar density and molecular shape of the compound and we have generated new models that incorporate experimentally derived variables for these factors so that more accurate predictions of MW can be calculated from experimental D. The recognition that multiple physicochemical properties affect D has allowed us to generate a polynomial equation based on multiple linear regression analysis of eight calculated physicochemical properties from 63 compounds to accurately correlate predicted D with experimental D for any known organic compound. This equation has been used to calculate predicted D for 217 043 compounds present in a publicly available natural product database (DEREP-NP) and to dereplicate known NPs in a mixture based on matching of experimental D and structural features derived from NMR analysis with predicted D and calculated structural features in the database. These models have been validated by the dereplication of a mixture of two known sesquiterpenes obtained from Tasmannia xerophila and the identification of new alkaloids from the bryozoan Amathia lamourouxi. These new methodologies allow the MW of compounds in mixtures to be predicted without the need for MS analysis, the dereplication of known compounds and identification of new compounds based solely on parameters derived by DOSY NMR. We report accurate DOSY NMR based molecular weight and diffusion coefficient prediction tools. These tools can be used to dereplicate known natural products from databases using structurally rich NMR data as a surrogate for mass spectrometric data.![]()
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- Guy Kleks
- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Gold Coast QLD 4222 Australia .,Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Gold Coast QLD 4222 Australia .,Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Gold Coast QLD 4222 Australia .,Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University Gold Coast QLD 4222 Australia .,Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University Brisbane QLD 4111 Australia
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Deng LM, Hu LJ, Bai YTZ, Wang J, Qin GQ, Song QY, Su JC, Huang XJ, Jiang RW, Tang W, Li YL, Li CC, Ye WC, Wang Y. Rhodomentosones A and B: Two Pairs of Enantiomeric Phloroglucinol Trimers from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa and Their Asymmetric Biomimetic Synthesis. Org Lett 2021; 23:4499-4504. [PMID: 34032453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rhodomentosones A and B (1 and 2), two pairs of novel enantiomeric phloroglucinol trimers featuring a unique 6/5/5/6/5/5/6-fused ring system were isolated from Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. Their structures with absolute configurations were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and ECD calculation. The bioinspired syntheses of 1 and 2 were achieved in six steps featuring an organocatalytic asymmetric dehydroxylation/Michael addition/Kornblum-DeLaMare rearrangement/ketalization cascade reaction. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited promising antiviral activities against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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- Lu-Ming Deng
- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science & Technology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM & New Drugs Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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Xu WJ, Xie X, Wu L, Tian XM, Wang CC, Kong LY, Luo J. Cajuputones A-C, β-Triketone Flavanone Hybrids from the Branches and Leaves of Melaleuca cajuputi. Chem Biodivers 2020; 17:e2000706. [PMID: 33026163 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202000706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Three new β-triketone flavanone hybrids, cajuputones A-C were obtained from Melaleuca cajuputi (the Australian 'tea tree'). The structures of cajuputones A-C were elucidated by 1D/2D NMR spectroscopy and HR-ESI-MS analyses; and their absolute configurations were established by electric circular dichroism (ECD) calculations using TDDFT method. Structurally, cajuputones A-C feature a rare 6/6/6/6 oxatetracyclic ring system fused between an acylphloroglucinol-derived β-triketone and a pinocembrin or strobopinin moiety via an angle-type pyran-like motif. DFT-based conformational optimization in chloroform explained the similarity of the 1D NMR data of cajuputones B and C (C-2 epimers).
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- Wen-Jun Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research and State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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Zhang X, Dong C, Wu G, Huo L, Yuan Y, Hu Y, Liu H, Tan H. The Biomimetic Total Syntheses of the Antiplasmodial Tomentosones A and B. Org Lett 2020; 22:8007-8011. [PMID: 33017154 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The first biomimetic total syntheses of natural phloroglucinols tomentosones A and B and their analogues have been accomplished. The synthetic strategy primarily referred to the potential biosynthetic precursors and their possible sequence of segments assembly by chemological evolution of the structural entities and enabled rapid access of the titled compounds in a practical fashion.
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- Xiao Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Tropical Medicine, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Tropical Medicine, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.,Xiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, People's Republic of China
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Chen X, Wang M, Zhang X, Fan X. A novel synthesis of diversely functionalized 1,2,4-triones through the homo- and cross-coupling reactions of β-keto sulfoxonium ylides. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.151912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Nishiwaki H, Ikari M, Fujiwara S, Nishi K, Sugahara T, Akiyama K, Yamauchi S. Cytotoxicity against HL60 Cells of Ficifolidione Derivatives with Methyl, n-Pentyl, and n-Heptyl Groups. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24224081. [PMID: 31718080 PMCID: PMC6891661 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24224081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ficifolidione, a natural insecticidal compound isolated from the essential oils of Myetaceae species, is a spiro phloroglucinol with an isobutyl group at the C-4 position. We found that ficifolidione showed cytotoxicity against cancer cells via apoptosis. Replacement of the isobutyl group by n-propyl group did not influence the potency, but the effect of the replacement of this group by a shorter or longer alkyl group on the biological activity remains unknown. In this study, ficifolidione derivatives with alkyl groups such as methyl, n-pentyl, and n-heptyl group—instead of the isobutyl group at the C-4 position—were synthesized to evaluate their cytotoxicity against the human promyelocytic leukaemia cell line HL60 and their insecticidal activity against mosquito larvae. The biological activities of their corresponding 4-epimers were also evaluated. As a result, the conversion of the isobutyl group to another alkyl group did not significantly influence the cytotoxicity or insecticidal activity. In HL60 cells treated with the n-heptyl-ficifolidione derivative, the activation of caspase 3/7 and the early stages of apoptosis were detected by using immunofluorescence and flow cytometric techniques, respectively, suggesting that the cytotoxicity should be induced by apoptosis even though the alkyl group was changed.
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- Hisashi Nishiwaki
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-89-946-9973
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- ADRES Tarumi station, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8566, Japan
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Structures and Bioactive Properties of Myrtucommulones and Related Acylphloroglucinols from Myrtaceae. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23123370. [PMID: 30572614 PMCID: PMC6321051 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Myrtaceae are a group of plants that include a number of renowned species used in ethnomedicine in many areas worldwide. Their valuable therapeutic properties have stimulated a fruitful research activity addressed to the identification of the bioactive components of their extracts yielding a great diversity of terpenes; polyphenols; and other exclusive products. Among the latter, starting with the discovery of myrtucommulone A from myrtle (Myrtus communis), a series of structurally-related acylphloroglucinol compounds have been characterized from several species that represent the basic active principles to be considered in view of possible drug development. Aspects concerning chemical and biological properties of these products are reviewed in the present paper.
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Senadeera SPD, Robertson LP, Duffy S, Wang Y, Avery VM, Carroll AR. β-Triketone-Monoterpene Hybrids from the Flowers of the Australian Tree Corymbia intermedia. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:2455-2461. [PMID: 30398871 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Four new β-triketone monoterpene hybrids, intermediones A-D (1-4), have been identified from the flowers of the Australian eucalypt tree Corymbia intermedia. Intermediones A-D are β-triketones that incorporate a pinene moiety attached via a benzyl group to a syncarpic acid. The structures of 1-4, including relative configurations, were elucidated from the analysis of 1D/2D NMR and MS data. The absolute configurations of intermediones A and B were determined by comparison of experimental and predicted ECD spectra. Intermedione D possesses a tetracyclic ring system that is related to that found in the meroterpenes, guadials B and C. Low to moderate antiplasmodial activity toward the chloroquine-sensitive (3D7) strain of Plasmodium falciparum, with IC50 values ranging from 9.9 to 20.8 μM, was observed for intermediones A, B, and D.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarath P D Senadeera
- Environmental Futures Research Institute , Griffith University , Gold Coast , QLD 4222 , Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Brisbane , QLD 4111 , Australia
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute , Griffith University , Gold Coast , QLD 4222 , Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Brisbane , QLD 4111 , Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Brisbane , QLD 4111 , Australia
| | - Yun Wang
- Environmental Futures Research Institute , Griffith University , Gold Coast , QLD 4222 , Australia
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- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Brisbane , QLD 4111 , Australia
| | - Anthony R Carroll
- Environmental Futures Research Institute , Griffith University , Gold Coast , QLD 4222 , Australia
- Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery , Griffith University , Brisbane , QLD 4111 , Australia
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