Constituents of the leaves of Magnolia ovata

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/np900203y

Two new lignans, magnovatins A (1) and B (2), along with nine known compounds, were isolated from the leaves of Magnolia ovata. The known compounds were identified as acuminatin (3), licarin A (4), kadsurenin M, 4-O-demethylkadsurenin M, oleiferin A, olei

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J. Nat. Prod. 2009, 72, 1529–1532
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Constituents of the Leaves of Magnolia oWata
Let´ıcia Ferrari L. Barros,† Andersson Barison,† Marcos Jose´ Salvador,‡ Renato de Mello-Silva,§ Elaine C. Cabral,⊥
⊥
,†
´
Marcos N. Eberlin, and Maria Elida A. Stefanello*
Departamento de Qu´ımica, UniVersidade Federal do Parana´, CP 19081, 81530-900, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Curso de Farma´cia, Departamento
de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, UniVersidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Instituto de Biocieˆncias,
UniVersidade de Sa˜o Paulo, 05508-090, Sa˜o Paulo, SP, Brazil, and Instituto de Qu´ımica, UniVersidade Estadual de Campinas,
13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
ReceiVed March 31, 2009
Two new lignans, magnovatins A (1) and B (2), along with nine known compounds, were isolated from the leaves of
Magnolia oVata. The known compounds were identified as acuminatin (3), licarin A (4), kadsurenin M, 4-O-
demethylkadsurenin M, oleiferin A, oleiferin C, spathulenol, parthenolide, and 11,13-dehydrocompressanolide. In addition,
compounds 1 and 2 yielded four new derivatives (1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b). The structures of the new compounds were
established on the basis of spectrometric data evaluation. Free-radical scavenging and antimicrobial activities of the
major compunds 1, 3, and 4 were investigated.
Magnolia oVata (A. St.-Hil.) Spreng (formely Talauma oVata
A. St.-Hil.) (Magnoliaceae) is a medicinal plant that is widely
distributed in Brazil. Its trunk bark has been used in the treatment
of fever, while the leaves are considered useful in treating diabetes.
However, preliminary pharmacological studies failed to demonstrate
a hypoglycemic effect of crude extracts of the leaves of this plant.1
On the other hand, an antipyretic activity was recently shown.2
Early phytochemical investigations of the roots of M. oVata led to
the isolation of the cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactone costunolide,3
while more recent studies of the trunk bark resulted in the isolation
and characterization of alkaloids, sesquiterpenes, and neolignans.4,5
Crude extracts, from leaves and trunk bark, showed antibacterial
activity, related with the presence of alkaloids.6 The composition
and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils were also previously
reported.7-9 The present work describes a phytochemical study of
the leaves of M. oVata and evaluation of antioxidant and antimi-
crobial activities of the major compounds obtained.
Successive chromatographic fractionation of extracts in hexane
and dichloromethane from the leaves of M. oVata yielded two new
lignans, namely, magnovatins A (1) and B (2), along with nine
known compounds. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by
spectroscopic data interpretation.
Compound 1 was isolated as a colorless oil with the molecular
1
formula C20H22O5, as determined by GC-HRMS. The H NMR
spectrum (Table 1) showed signals due to the presence of two
secondary methyl groups at δ 0.61 (d, J ) 7.1 Hz) and 0.88 (d, J
hydrogens, while the 1H NMR chemical shifts of the methyl groups
were compatible with an erythro relationship,10 which was con-
firmed by 1D NOE experiments. Selective irradiation of the
resonance frequency of the H-9 proton at δ 0.61 caused a NOE
enhancement of the signals of the protons H-9′, H-7, H-8, and H-7′
at δ 2.13. Moreover, selective irradiation of the resonance frequency
of the H-9′ at δ 0.88 showed a NOE enhancement of the signals of
H-9, H-8′, and H-7′ at δ 2.13, while the irradiation of the H-8′ at
δ 2.32 caused a NOE enhancement mainly of the signals of the
H-8, as well as H-9′, but not for H-9. In addition, the coupling
constant of 11.6 Hz observed for H-7′ at δ 2.13 supported a threo
relationship with H-8′, in full accordance with the NOE results.
The overall analysis of 1D NOE, 1H-13C one-bond and long-range
) 6.9 Hz), two methine protons at δ 1.82 (ddq, J ) 9.5, 2.9, 7.1
Hz) and 2.32 (dddq, J ) 11.6, 3.8, 2.9, 6.9 Hz), a benzylic
methylene at δ 2.13 (dd, J ) 13.1, 11.6 Hz) and 2.84 (dd, J )
13.1, 3.8 Hz), and an oxymethine proton at δ 4.41 (d, J ) 9.5 Hz).
The presence of two piperonyl groups was demonstrated by doublets
in the 1H NMR spectrum at δ 5.960 and 5.963 (d, J ) 1.5 Hz) and
δ 5.925 and 5.927 (d, J ) 1.4 Hz) (methylenedioxyphenyl groups)
and multiplets of six aromatic protons in the range δ 6.6-6.9. The
13C{1H} NMR spectrum (Table 1) exhibited peaks for 20 carbon
atoms. In particular, the carbons of methyl groups were observed
at δ 11.4 and 17.7, while the oxymethine carbon was observed at
δ 76.9. The coupling constant between the protons H-7 and H-8 of
9.5 Hz was consistent with a threo configuration between these
1
NMR correlation experiments permitted the unambiguous H and
13C NMR chemical shift assignments for 1 to be made. Therefore,
compound 1 was identified as rel-(7S,8R,8′R)-3,4:3′,4′-bis(meth-
ylenedioxy)lignan-7-ol and named magnovatin A.
* Corresponding author. Tel: +55-41-3361-3177. Fax: +55-41-3361-
3186. E-mail: elida@ufpr.br.
† Universidade Federal do Parana´.
‡ Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
§ Universidade de Sa˜o Paulo.
Compound 2 was isolated as a colorless oil with the molecular
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formula C21H26O5, as determined by HRESIMS. The 1H and
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Table 1. NMR Spectroscopic Data (400 MHz, CDCl3) for Compounds 1, 2, 1a, and 2aa
1
2
1a
2a
δH mult. (J in Hz)
position
δC mult.
δH mult. (J in Hz)
δC
δH mult. (J in Hz)
δC
δH mult. (J in Hz)
δC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
138.5, qC
107.0, CH
147.8, qC
147.0, qC
107.8, CH
120.4, CH
76.9, CH
45.0, CH
138.5
106.9 6.87 m
147.8
134.1
107.5 6.83 d (1.4)
147.7
134.0
107.5 6.85 d (1.6)
147.7
6.86 m
147.0
147.2
147.2
6.76 m
6.77 m
4.41 d (9.5)
1.82 ddq (9.5, 2.9, 7.1)
107.9 6.79 m
120.4 6.79 m
77.0 4.42 d (9.6)
45.1 1.84 ddq (9.6, 2.9, 7.0)
11.4 0.63 d (7.0)
134.8
112.4 6.76 m
148.7,
147.0
111.
121.0 6.76 m
37.0 2.87 dd (13.2, 3.9)
2.17 dd (13.2, 10.5)
35.0 2.36 dddq (10.5, 3.9, 2.9, 6.9)
17.9 0.88 d (6.9)
1.76 brs
107.9 6.76 d (7.8)
121.3 6.82 dd (7.8, 1.4)
77.9 5.59 d (10.4)
43.0 2.02 m
11.3 0.61 d (7.2)
135.5
109.4 6.61 d (1.6)
147.4
145.5
108.0 6.73 d (8.0)
121.9 6.57 dd (8.0, 1.6)
37.1 2.76 dd (12.8, 3.2)
2.11 dd (12.8, 10.8)
35.6 2.00 m
108.0 6.77 d (8.0)
121.3 6.79 m
77.9 5.67 d (10.4)
43.2 2.02 m
11.2 0.67 d (6.8)
134.4
112.3 6.68 m
147.4
145.5
108.0 6.79 d (8.8)
121.0 6.68 m
37.0 2.80 dd (13.2, 2.8)
2.08 dd (13.2, 3.2)
35.7 2.02 m
17.6 0.88 d (6.4)
9
11.4, CH3 0.61 d (7.1)
136.0, qC
1′
2′
3′
4′
5′
6′
7′
109.5, CH
147.4, qC
145.4, qC
107.9, CH
121.9, CH
6.72 d (1.6)
6.73 d (6.6)
6.65 dd (6.6, 1.6)
6.79 m
37.2, CH2 2.84 dd (13.1, 3.8)
2.13 dd (13.1, 11.6)
2.32 dddq (11.6, 3.8, 2.9, 6.9)
8′
9′
OH-7
35.2, CH
17.7, CH3 0.88 d (6.9)
1.86 brs
17.5 0.88 d (6.4)
OCH2O-3,4
101.0
5.963 d (1.5)
5.960 d (1.5)
5.927 d (1.4)
5.925 d (1.4)
101.0 5.955 d (1.4)
101.0 5.96 d (1.4)
5.95 d (1.4)
100.7 5.93 s
101.1 5.97 d (1.4)
5.96 d (1.4)
5.953 d (1.4)
OCH2O-3′,4′ 100.7
CH3O-3′
CH3O-4′
CO-7
55.9 3.88 s
55.8 3.87 s
55.7 3.88 s
55.9 3.87 s
170.2
170.2
CH3CO-7
21.3 2.08 s
21.4 2.08 s
a Unambiguous 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts were established by one-bond and long-range 1H-13C correlation experiments. The exact signal
multiplicities were obtained with the help of the first-order multiplet simulator/check FOMSC3.19
13C{1H} NMR spectra (Table 1) were very similar to those of 1,
but with a 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl group replacing one methylenedioxy-
phenyl group. The location of the remaining methylenedioxyphenyl
Cotton effects were observed for both compounds, showing that
1b and 2b had the absolute configuration 8R, 7′R, 8′R, as in the
known 2,7′-cyclolignan dimethylisoguaiacin.12 Therefore, since C-7
undergoes inversion of configuration during the cyclization process
(SN2 mechanism), the absolute configuration of 1 and 2 was
assigned as 7S, 8R, 8′R.
1
group was established by H-13C long-range correlations. More-
over, the GC-EIMS exhibited a base peak at m/z 151, which
represents the fragment [CH2O2C6H3CHOH]+, supporting a meth-
ylenedioxyphenyl group associated with a hydroxy group at C-7.
The coupling constant between H-7 and H-8 (9.6 Hz) as well as
The known compounds isolated from M. oVata were identified
by comparison of their spectroscopic data with those reported in
the literature as acuminatin (3),13 licarin A (4),14 kadsurenin M,15
4-O-demethylkadsurenin M,15 oleiferin A,16 oleiferin C,16 spathu-
lenol,17 parthenolide,18 and 11,13-dehydrocompressanolide.18
The major compounds 1, 3, and 4 were tested for free-radical
scavenging activity using the DPPH test and for antimicrobial
activity. Compound 4 showed a significant concentration-dependent
1
the H NMR chemical shifts of the methyl groups at δ 0.63 and
0.88 and the NOE results indicated that 2 has the same relative
configuration as compound 1. Therefore, compound 2 was identified
as rel-(7S,8R,8′R)-3,4-methylenedioxy-3′,4′-dimethoxylignan-7-ol
and named magnovatin B.
Acetylation of 1 and 2 with acetic anhydride and pyridine yielded
1
free-radical scavenging activity with a SC50 of 56.1 (1.20) µg mL-1
,
1a and 2a, respectively. The H NMR spectrum of 1a (Table 1)
was similar to that of 1, including NOE observations, except for
an additional acetyl signal at δ 2.08 (s) and the chemical shift
change of the oxymethine proton from δ 4.41 to 5.59. Moreover,
the 13C{1H} NMR spectrum (Table 1) showed signals compatible
while compounds 1 and 3 were inactive under the test conditions
used. The SC50 values of the positive controls quercetin and Trolox
were 13.0 (2.10) and 2.20 (1.25) µg mL-1, respectively. These three
compounds were also screened for antimicrobial activity, but were
inactive against all microorganisms tested (MIC > 100 µg mL-1).
1
with an acetyl derivative of 1. The H and 13C{1H} NMR spectra
(Table 1) of 2a were very similar to those of 1a, but showed signals
for a 3,4-dimethoxyphenyl group replacing one methylenediox-
yphenyl group.
Experimental Section
General Experimental Procedures. Optical rotations were measured
in CHCl3 on a Rudolph Research polarimeter. The UV spectra were
obtained in MeOH on a Shimadzu UV-2401PC spectrophotometer. The
circular dichroism (CD) spectra were measured in hexane-ethanol (1:
1, v/v) on a JASCO CD-2095 Plus chiral detector. The IR spectra were
recorded in KBr pellets on a Biorad FTIR spectrophotometer. 1D and
2D NMR experiments were acquired in CDCl3 at 295 K on a Bruker
In order to determine the absolute configuration,11 compounds
1 and 2 were submitted to an acid-catalyzed cyclization, yielding
the new lignans 1b and 2b, respectively. The cyclization was evident
from the 1H and 13C{1H} spectra (Table 2), which showed signals
of one dibenzylic methine in 1b and 2b (δH 3.61 and 3.67; δC 51.2
and 51.0, respectively), typical of 2,7′-cyclolignans. The coupling
constants between H-7′ and H-8′ (6.0 and 5.6 Hz for 1b and 2b,
respectively) were not consistent for diaxial or diequatorial protons,
but it is known that 2,7′-cyclolignans with a trans-7′,8′-cis-8,8′
relative configuration exist as a mixture of conformers in equilib-
rium.12 This fact was supported by the NOE experiments obtained
by selective irradiation of the resonance frequency of the H-7′
protons at δ 3.61 and 3.67 for 1b and 2b, respectively, which
showed a strong NOE enhancement on the signal of the H-9′ protons
and a weak NOE enhancement of the signals for H-9. In the CD
spectrum negative (around 280 nm) and positive (around 290 nm)
1
AVANCE 400 NMR spectrometer operating at 9.4 T, observing H
and 13C at 400 and 100 MHz, respectively. The spectrometer was
equipped with a 5 mm multinuclear direct detection probe with a
1
z-gradient. All H and 13C NMR chemical shifts are given in ppm (δ)
and were related to the TMS signal at 0.00 ppm as internal reference,
with the coupling constants (J) in Hz. Precise signal multiplicities were
inferred or determined with the help of the first-order multiplet simulator
FOMSC3.19 High-resolution mass spectra were obtained on a HP-5000
Shimadzu GC-HRMS and/or on a Micromass ESI-QqTof mass
spectrometer. GC-MS analyses were performed using a HP5-MS
column (30 m × 0.25 mm × 2.25 mm). Silica gel (Merck, 230-400

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Table 2. NMR Spectroscopic Data (400 MHz, CDCl3) for the Cyclolignans 1b and 2ba
1b
2b
δH mult. (J in Hz)
position
δC mult.
δH mult. (J in Hz)
δC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
129.3, qC
130.7, qC
110.1, CH
145.7, qC
145.8, qC
108.3, CH
35.4, CH2
128.4
129.3
113.2
147.1
147.4
111.2
34.6
6.30 s
6.34 s
6.56 s
6.59 s
2.85 dd (16.6, 5.4)
2.44 dd (16.6, 7.5)
2.02 dddq (7.5, 6.9, 5.4, 3.1)
0.88 d (6.9)
2.84 dd (16.6, 5.5)
2.45 dd (16.6, 8.2)
2.02 dddq (8.2, 6.9, 5.5, 3.1)
0.90 d (6.9)
8
9
28.8, CH
16.0, CH3
141.1, qC
109.3, CH
147.4, qC
145.6, qC
107.6, CH
122.2, CH
51.2, CH
40.7, CH
15.5, CH3
100.5
28.4
16.6
1′
2′
3′
4′
5′
6′
7′
8′
9′
141.3
109.4
147.3
145.5
107.6
122.1
51.0
6.48 d (1.7)
6.485 d (1.7)
6.70 d (7.9)
6.51 dd (7.9, 1.7)
3.61 d (6.0)
1.90 ddq (6.9, 6.0, 3.1)
0.89 d (6.9)
5.855 d (1.4)
5.852 d (1.4)
5.914 d (1.4)
5.908 d (1.4)
6.70 d (8.4)
6.486 dd (8.4, 1.7)
3.67 d (5.6)
1.90 ddq (6.9, 5.6, 3.1)
0.91 d (6.9)
40.9
15.3
OCH2O-4,5
OCH2O-3′,4′
100.8
100.8
5.918 d (1.4)
5.916 d (1.4)
3.69 s
CH3O-4
CH3O-5
55.8
55.7
3.87 s
a Unambiguous 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts were established by one-bond and long-range 1H-13C correlation experiments. The exact signal
multiplicities were obtained with the help of the first-order multiplet simulator/check FOMSC3.19
mesh) was used for column chromatographic separation, while silica
gel 60 PF254 (Merck) was used for analytical (0.25 mm) and preparative
(1.0 mm) TLC. Compounds were visualized by exposure under
UV254/366 light and spraying with 5% (v/v) H2SO4 in ethanol solution,
followed by heating on a hot plate.
Plant Material. Leaves of M. oVata were collected in Sa˜o Paulo,
SP, Brazil, in January 2003, and were identified by one of the authors
(R.M.-S.). A voucher specimen (Mello-Silva 1820) was deposited in
the Herbarium of Universidade de Sa˜o Paulo.
Group IVc (8.0 mg) was purified by preparative TLC, eluted with hexane-
acetone (8:2), to give 11,13-dehydrocompressanolide (1.6 mg).
Magnovatin A (1): colorless oil; [R]25D +27.3 (c 0.5, CHCl3); UV
λ
max (MeOH) (log ꢀ) 291 (3.8), 239 (3.9), 208 (4.6) nm; IR νmax (KBr)
3434, 2962, 2889, 1491, 1248, 1034 cm-1; 1H and 13C and NMR data,
see Table 1; GC-HRMS m/z 342.14658 (29) [M]+• (calcd for C20H22O5
342.14672), 162.0696 (75), 151.03693 (100), 93.03689 (16).
Magnovatin B (2): colorless oil; [R]25D +10.6 (c 0.5, CHCl3); λmax
(MeOH) (log ꢀ) 287 (3.8), 234 (4.1), 208 (4.7) nm; IR νmax (KBr) 3436,
2960, 2925, 1519, 1247, 1031 cm-1; 1H and 13C NMR data, see Table
1; GC-MS m/z 358 (5) [M]+•, 340 (10), 189 (20), 178 (22), 159 (21),
151 (100), 93 (25); HRESIMS m/z 381.1592 [M + Na]+ (calcd for
C21H26O5Na 381.1605).
Extraction and Isolation. Dried and powdered leaves of M. oVata
(442 g) were extracted, at room temperature, with hexane and
dichloromethane, successively. The hexane extract (11.8 g) was
submitted to partition between hexane and MeOH-H2O (9:1). The
MeOH-H2O layer (2.9 g) was combined with the dichloromethane
extract (9.1 g) and subjected to flash silica gel column chromatography
(CC), eluted in a gradient system with increasing concentrations of
EtOAc in petroleum ether, to give seven fractions. After TLC analysis,
these fractions were combined into six groups (A-F). Group B (3.7
g) was subjected to silica gel CC, eluted with petroleum ether-EtOAc
(7:3), to give 34 fractions. Fractions 1-7 (2.0 g) were subjected to
further CC on silica gel, eluted with increasing amounts of EtOAc in
hexane until hexane-EtOAc (7:3), to give 41 fractions, which were
combined into seven groups (Ib-VIIb). Group IIb (65 mg) was purified
by silica gel preparative TLC, eluted with hexane-EtOAc (9:1), to
give spathulenol (7.3 mg). Group Vb (408 mg) was submitted to CC
on silica gel, eluted with CH2Cl2-EtOAc (5:0.1), to give 17 fractions.
Fractions 3-5 (36.0 mg) were purified by silica gel preparative TLC,
eluted with hexane-acetone (8:2), to give 1 (20.0 mg). Group VIb
(560 mg) was subjected to CC on silica gel, eluted with CH2Cl2-EtOAc
(5:0.5), to give 54 fractions. Fractions 3-9 (110 mg) were subjected
to repeated silica gel preparative TLC, eluted with CH2Cl2, to give
acuminatin (13.0 mg) and licarin A (19.0 mg). Fractions 10-17 (94
mg) were submitted to CC on silica gel, eluted with hexane-acetone
(8:2), to give 19 fractions. Fractions 5-8 (17 mg) were subjected to
preparative TLC, eluted with hexane-acetone (8:2), to give licarin A
(2.0 mg), kadsurenin M (1.5 mg), and oleiferin C (3.0 mg). Fractions
10-12 (6 mg) were purified by preparative TLC, eluted with
hexane-acetone (7:3), to give 4-O-demethylkadsurenin M (1.2 mg).
Group C (1.4 g) was submitted to CC on silica gel, eluted with
hexane-acetone (8:2), to give 55 fractions, which were combined into
five groups (Ic-Vc). Group Ic (158 mg) yielded parthenolide almost
pure. Group IIc (128.0 mg) was submitted to CC on silica gel, eluted
with CH2Cl2-acetone (9.8:0.2), to give 73 fractions. Fractions 15-45
(62.0 mg) were subjected to preparative TLC, eluted with hexane-
EtOAc-MeOH (8:2:1), to give oleiferin A (10.4 mg) and 2 (8.2 mg).
Acetylation with Acetic Anhydride and Pyridine. Compounds 1
(10.0 mg) and 2 (4 mg) were treated with acetic anhydride and pyridine,
in the usual manner, to yield 1a (6.0 mg) and 2a (3.0 mg).
Acetylmagnovatin A (1a): white powder; mp 50-52 °C; [R]25
D
+34.3 (c 0.3, CHCl3); λmax (CHCl3) (log ꢀ) 291 (4.1), 240 (4.2), 208
(4.9) nm; IR νmax (KBr) 2962, 2925, 1736, 1488, 1248, 1043 cm-1; 1H
and 13C and NMR data, see Table 1; GC-MS m/z 384 (1) [M]+•, 324
(20), 238 (25), 162 (100), 151 (42), 135 (47), 77 (35); HRESIMS m/z
407.1471 [M + Na]+ (calcd for C22H24O6Na 407.1471).
Acetylmagnovatin B (2a): white powder; mp 77-79 °C; [R]25
D
+34.0 (c 0.2, CHCl3); λmax (CHCl3) (log ꢀ) 285 (3.8), 229 (4.2), 206
(4.7) nm; IR νmax (KBr) 2960, 2923, 1722, 1247 cm-1; 1H and 13C and
NMR data, see Table 1; HRESIMS m/z 401.2115 [M + H]+ (calcd for
C23H29O6 401.1964).
Acid-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1 and 2. Compounds 1 (5.0 mg)
and 2 (4.0 mg) were dissolved in CH2Cl2 (3.0 mL), and p-toluene-
sulfonic acid (0.5 mg) was added. The mixtures were kept for 2 h at
room temperature and then were neutralized with 5% NaHCO3. The
organic layer was separated, washed with H2O, and dried with Na2SO4.
The solvent was evaporated to give 1b (3.7 mg) and 2b (2.0 mg).
8R,7′R,8′R-4,5:3′,4′-Bis(methylenedioxy)-2,7′-cyclolignan (1b): col-
orless oil; [R]25 -48 (c 0.1, CHCl3); λmax (MeOH) (log ꢀ) 294 (3.7),
D
244 (3.8), 210 (4.5), nm; CD (c 0.3, hexane-EtOH) [θ] (nm) -1675
(277), +1810 (292); IR νmax (KBr) 2960, 2923, 1486, 1232, 1040 cm-1
;
1H and 13C NMR data, see Table 2; GC-MS m/z 324 (76) [M]+•, 267
(55), 238 (100), 210 (35), 152 (40), 76 (92); HRESIMS m/z 325.1440
[M + H]+ (calcd for C20H21O4 325.1440).
8R,7′R,8′R-4,5-Dimethoxy-3′,4′-methylenedioxy-2,7′-cyclolig-
nan (2b): colorless oil; [R]25 -11.7 (c 0.1, CHCl3); λmax (MeOH)
D
(log ꢀ) 289 (3.7), 235 (3.9), 208 (4.6) nm; CD (c 0.1, hexane-EtOH)
[θ] (nm) -7350 (279), +3500 (288); IR νmax (KBr) 2957, 2931, 1516,

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1486, 1249 cm-1; H and 13C NMR data, see Table 2; HRESIMS m/z
References and Notes
341.1732 [M + H]+ (calcd for C21H25O4 341.1753).
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Radical-Scavenging Activity Using the DPPH Method. The
antiradical activity of isolated compounds 1, 3, and 4 was determined
by the radical-scavenging method (DPPH assay) described by
Blois.20 The test was performed in 96-well microplates. Fifty
microliters of a 250 µM DPPH solution in MeOH was added to a
range of methanol solutions of different concentrations (seven serial
3-fold dilutions to give a final range of 100 to 1.6 µg mL-1) of
tested compounds (10 µL). Quercetin and 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-
tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (Trolox) were used as positive
controls. All samples were tested in triplicate. The antioxidant
activity of each sample was expressed as an SC50 value, which is
the concentration in µg mL-1 that scavenged 50% of the DPPH
radicals, mean (%RSD, relative standard deviation) of triplicate
assays.
Antimicrobial Activity. Compounds 1, 3, and 4 were evaluated for
antimicrobial activity using the broth microdilution method (96-well
microtiter plates), as previously described by Salvador et al.,21 to give
a concentration between 10 and 1000 µg/mL. The minimal inhibitory
concentration (MIC) was calculated as the lowest concentration showing
complete inhibition of a tested strain. In these tests, bacitracine (0.2
UI mL-1) and ketoconazole (100.0 µg mL-1) were used as experimental
positive controls, while the solution DMSO-sterile distilled water
(5:95, v/v) served as the negative control. Each sensitivity test was
performed in duplicate for each microorganism evaluated and repeated
three times. The following strains of microorganisms were utilized:
Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 14458, Staphy-
lococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228); Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomo-
nas aeruginosa ATCC 15442, Escherichia coli ATCC 10799); yeasts
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Acknowledgment. The authors are grateful to Dr. W. Vilegas at
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FAPESP for financial support.
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Supporting Information Available: H and 13C NMR spectra of
compounds 1, 2, 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2b. This material is available free of
charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.
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