Phloroglucinols with antioxidant activity and xanthonolignoids from the heartwood of Hypericum geminiflorum

J Nat Prod. 2008 Jun;71(6):1027-31. doi: 10.1021/np8001145. Epub 2008 May 31.

Abstract

A new phloroglucinol, hyperielliptone HA (1/1a), a new spirophloroglucinol possessing an unprecedented skeleton, hyperielliptone HB (2/2a), and two new xanthonolignoids, hyperielliptones HC (3) and HD (4), were isolated from the heartwood of Hypericum geminiflorum. Compounds 1/1a and 2/2a were obtained as tautomeric pairs. The structures and relative configurations of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. In biological testing, compound 2/ 2a revealed significant inhibition of oxidative DNA damage and an inhibitory effect on xanthine oxidase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Antioxidants* / chemistry
  • Antioxidants* / isolation & purification
  • Antioxidants* / pharmacology
  • DNA Damage / drug effects
  • Free Radical Scavengers* / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers* / isolation & purification
  • Free Radical Scavengers* / pharmacology
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phloroglucinol* / analogs & derivatives
  • Phloroglucinol* / chemistry
  • Phloroglucinol* / isolation & purification
  • Phloroglucinol* / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Taiwan
  • Xanthine Oxidase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Xanthine Oxidase / metabolism

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • hyperielliptone HA
  • Phloroglucinol
  • Xanthine Oxidase