Hemiterpene Glucosides from Ilex pubescens
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spectrometer. HPLC was carried out on an Agilent Series 1100
HPLC equipped with an Agilent G1315A DAD detector and
Alltech evaporative light scattering detector. Column chroma-
tography was performed with MCI-gel CHP 20P (75-150 µm,
Mitsubish Chemical Corporation, Japan), Chromatorex ODS
1694, 1601, 1517, 1449, 1334, 1281, 1163, 1118, 1075, 855, 816
-
1
1
13
cm ; H and C NMR data, Table 1.
Acid Hydrolysis of Pubescenoside B. Compound 2 (15
mg) was hydrolyzed in a manner similar to that described for
2
1
1, yielding caffeic acid, D-(+)-glucose {[R]
O), in H O for 24 h}, and 1a, which was identified by
comparing its H NMR data with literature data.
+33.1° (c 0.1,
D
H
2
2
(
100-200 mesh, Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., Japan), and
1
13
Toyopearl HW-40F (Tosoh Corporation, Japan). TLC was
carried out on precoated Kieselgel 60 F254 plates (0.2 mm thick,
Merck KGaA), and the spots were detected by ultraviolet (UV)
Preparation of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP). SD rats
350-450 g) were used as blood donors to collect anticoagu-
(
lated blood. Collected blood samples were immediately trans-
ferred into a plastic tube with anticoagulant (1/10 volume of
illumination and by spraying with 2% ethanolic FeCl
sulfuric acid reagent.
3
and 10%
3
.8% trisodium citrate, pH 7.4). The platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
Plant Material. “Mao-Dong-Qing” was purchased from
Pharmacy of Chinese Medicine Clinics of Hong Kong Baptist
University and was identified by Dr. Zhongzhen Zhao, School
of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. A voucher
specimen was deposited in the Centre of Chinese Materia
Medica Speciemen, Hong Kong Baptist University.
was then prepared by centrifuging the blood at 300 rpm for
1
5
5 min. The platelet concentration was adjusted to a level of
5
× 10 /µL by addition of homologous platelet-poor plasma
(
PPP) obtained after further centrifugation of blood at 1500
rpm for 15 min. For getting sufficient amount of PRP, at least
two rats were sacrificed each time to obtain a pooled PRP
sample.
Extraction and Isolation. The dried plant materials (1.2
kg) were mechanically powdered and extracted with 9.6 L of
MeOH (×3) at room temperature. The combined extract (68
Shear-Induced Platelet Aggregation (SIPA). Adjusted
PRP was divided into different groups according to the
experimental protocol and mixed with certain doses of pubes-
cenosides A (1), B (2), aspirin, and salvianolic acid B. HAAke
Rheometer RS 600 (Thermo Haake Corp., Ltd., Germany) with
sensor C60/0.5° was employed as shear generator. The rhe-
ometer has the benefit of controlling shear stress and with an
accuracy of 1 µm in the automatic adjustment of the gap
between cone and plate. Shear program for PRP: preheating
sample at 37 °C, increasing stress level from 0 to 15 Pa in the
duration of 30 s, and then maintaining the stress level at 15
Pa for 360 s. After shear test, PRP was transferred to a platelet
aggregometer (Chrono-Log aggregometer, Model 560 CA,
Chrono-Log Corp., Led.), and SIPA was determined by turbid-
ity. Since platelet-poor plasma (PPP) and the pre-shear PRP
were used as the turbidity scales of 100% and 0% aggregation,
accordingly, the aggregative degree of a post-shear PRP could
be measured.
2
g) was suspended in H O, then subjected to liquid-liquid
partition by adding Et
n-BuOH (0.5 L × 4) successively, yielding four fractions, i.e.,
Et O layer (2.9 g), EtOAc layer (15.1 g), n-BuOH layer (30.7
g), and H O layer (20.0 g).
The n-BuOH layer was chromatographed over MCI-gel CHP
0P eluted with gradient MeOH in H O to afford six fractions.
All of these fractions were monitored and detected by silica
2
O (0.5 L × 3), EtOAc (0.5 L × 3), and
2
2
2
2
gel thin-layer chromatography [CHCl
3
-MeOH-H
2
O (8:2:0.2;
7
:3:0.5)]. The fractions eluted by 50% and 60% MeOH which
were positive to FeCl
3
reagent were further chromatographed
on Chromatorex ODS (20-60% MeOH) and Toyopearl HW-
40F (30-60% MeOH) to yield compounds 1 (162 mg) and 2
(
256 mg).
Pubescenoside A (1): pale yellow amorphous powder.
2
1
[
R] -17.4° (c 0.1, MeOH); HRESI-Q-TOF (positive ion mode)
D
+
Acknowledgment. The authors are grateful to Dr. Zong-
wei Cai (Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist Uni-
versity) for help in HRESI-MS measurements. This project was
financially supported by Faculty Research Grants from Hong
Kong Baptist University.
m/z 465.1339 [M + Na] (calcd for C20
26
H O11Na 465.1365); UV
(
1
MeOH) λmax (log ꢀ) 329.5 (5.04) nm; IR (KBr) νmax 3400, 2935,
694, 1607, 1521, 1448, 1370, 1283, 1163, 1114, 1075, 855, 814
-
1
1
13
cm ; H and C NMR data, Table 1.
1
6
Acid Hydrolysis of Pubescenoside A. A solution of 1
10 mg) in 2 N HCl (4 mL) was heated at 90 °C for 3 h. The
Supporting Information Available: 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 1H-
H COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and HR-MS spectra of compounds 1 and 2.
(
1
reaction mixture was neutralized with 5% NaOH and then
extracted with EtOAc. Chromatography and co-chromatogra-
phy of the EtOAc extract with caffeic acid by silica gel TLC
This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://
pubs.acs.org.
[
CHCl
0.45] and HPLC [Alltech Altima C18 (4.6 × 250 mm); 0-30%
40 min) CH CN in CH CN-H O-HCOOH (10:90:0.4); flow
rate 1.0 mL/min; detection wavelength UV 280 nm, t ) 15.60
3
-EtOAc-toluene-HCOOH-MeOH (15:20:10:10:1), Rf
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