Phytochemistry Letters
New lignan glycosides from the stems of Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk
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Junyang Ji, Qiwen Wang, Maolin Wang, Jianwei Chen , Xiang Li
College of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China
A R T I C L E I N F O
A B S T R A C T
Keywords:
Three new lignan glycosides, (7R,8S)-4-hydroxy-3,5′-dimethoxy-4′,7-epoxy-8,3′-neoligna-9,9′-diol-4-O-β-D-glu-
copyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), (7S,8R)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5′-trimethoxy-4′,7-epoxy-8,3′-neoligna-
Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk
Polygalaceae
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,9′-diol-4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranoside (2) and (7S,7′S,8R,8′R)-4,4′-dihydroxy-3,5,3′,5′-
Lignan glycoside
Hepatoprotective
tetramethoxy-7,9′:7′,9-diepoxylignane-4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranoside (3) were isolated
from the stems of Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic
analyses, including 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, CD and chemical evidence. The MTT assay showed that com-
pounds 1-3 exhibited moderate hepatoprotective activities against acetaminophen-induced HepG2 cell injury at
respective 10 μM concentrations (Bicyclol as positive contrast).
1
. Introduction
Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk belongs to the genus Securidaca
All these signals with corresponding 1H-NMR signals were similar to
those of cedrusinin-4-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (He et al., 2012), which
indicated that the aglycone of 1 was 4-hydroxy-3,5′-dimethoxy-4′,7-
Linn. and grows mainly in tropical and subtropical areas. Previous
phytochemical investigations have led to the isolation of xanthones,
terpenes, steroids, lignans (Kang et al., 2009). This plant is a kind of
ethnic medicine in China which is used to promote blood circulation for
removing blood stasis. Modern pharmacological studies have proved
that Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk possesses anti-tumor, anti-in-
flammatory and hepatoprotective activities (Yang et al., 2001; Zhang
et al., 2005). At the current research, three new lignan glycosides (1-3)
were obtained from the stems of Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk. Their
structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data analyses
epoxy-8,3′-neoligna-9,9′-diol. Besides, signals at
δ
H
4.99 (1H, d,
J = 7.5 Hz) with δ
C
100.0 and δ
H
4.32 (1H, d, J = 7.5 Hz) with δ 103.6
C
suggested that 1 had two D-glucopyranosyl units which was proved by
acid hydrolysis of 1, and both of the D-glucopyranosyl units were of β
configuration deduced by the coupling constants of two anomeric
protons. The HMBC correlation from the anomeric proton signal of
Glucose A moiety at δ
H
4.99 (d, J = 7.5 Hz) to the carbon signal at δ
C
146.3 (C-4) indicated that Glucose A moiety was attached at C-4. The
carbon signals of Glucose A from C-1 to C-6 were δ 100.0, 73.4, 75.4,
1 1
C
80.2, 75.6, 60.4 respectively deduced by HSQC and H- H COSY ex-
periments. The terminal Glucose B moiety was speculated to attach at
C-4-Glc A with an oxygen bridge from analysis of the Glucose B moiety
(
1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, CD) and chemical evidence. All the
compounds were evaluated for their hepatoprotective activities against
acetaminophen-induced HepG2 cell injury (Bicyclol as positive con-
trast). Herein, the isolation, structural identification and hepatopro-
tective activities of these compounds were displayed.
at δ
H
4.32 (d, J = 7.5 Hz) to the carbon resonance at δ 80.2 (C-4-Glc
C
A). The relative configuration of 1 was supposed to be trans by the
coupling constant of H-7 (J = 5.5 Hz) (Wu et al., 2012). The CD spec-
trum of 1 showed a negative Cotton effect at 278 nm, which revealed its
absolute configuration to be 7R,8S (Hideaki et al., 1996). Therefore, 1
was determined as (7R,8S)-4-hydroxy-3,5′-dimethoxy-4′,7-epoxy-8,3′-
neoligna-9,9′-diol-4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranoside
(Figs. 1–4).
2
. Results and discussions
Compound 1 was obtained as a yellow amorphous transparent solid.
The HR-ESI-MS gave a pseudomolecular ion peak at m/z 707.2530
+
[
M + Na] , corresponding to the molecular formula C32
H
44
O
16 (cal-
Compound 2 was obtained as a yellow amorphous solid. The HR-
1
3
+
culated for C32
H
44
O
16Na, 707.2527). In the C-NMR spectrum of 1
ESI-MS gave a pseudomolecular ion peak at m/z 737.2641 [M + Na]
,
(
Table 1), 18 signals for 12 aromatic carbons at δ
C
149.4, 146.3, 145.9,
corresponding to the molecular formula C33
H
46
O
17 (calculated for
17Na, 737.2633). The C-NMR spectrum of 2 (Table 1) was
very similar to that of 1. By comparing the 1D and 2D NMR spectra of 1
1
3
1
43.8, 136.1, 135.7, 129.2, 118.3, 116.9, 115.7, 112.9, 110.7, and 6
C
33
H O
46
aliphatic carbons at δ
C
87.0, 63.5, 60.7, 54.0, 35.1, 32.0 were observed.
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Received 22 November 2018; Received in revised form 15 February 2019; Accepted 14 March 2019
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