Glycosidic Constituents of Celastrus orbiculatus

Three new, 1 – 3 , and seven known phenolic and terpenic glycosides were isolated from the BuOH‐soluble fraction of 95% EtOH extract of the roots and rhizomes of Celastrus orbiculatus. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated as carvacrol 2‐O‐α‐L ‐rhamnopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 1 ), 5‐methoxycarvacrol 2‐O‐α‐L ‐rhamnopyranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 2 ), and 15‐hydroxytorreyol 10‐O‐β‐D ‐apiofuranosyl‐(1→6)‐β‐D ‐glucopyranoside ( 3 ) on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and chemical methods.     

A New Sesquiterpene from Celastrus Angulatus

Inourpreviouspaper',wereportedthemethodologicstudiesonauthenticatingplantspeciesbyIHNMRfinger-printsofthecharacteristicgeneralextractsofplants.Incontinuationofourworkonthissubject,ourattentionwasdrawntotheassignmentsofthesignalsintheIHNMRfinger-printsofplants,thatwastheinvestigationoftheconstituents.Inthecourseofourresearch,anewsesquiterpenepolyolesternamedangulatinCwasisolatedfromtherootbarkofC.angulatusalongwithaknowncompound,angulatinB.Inadditiontoinsecticidalactivity,angulatinCalsosh…     

Two New Sesquiterpene Polyol Esters from Celastrus angulatus

Two novel sesquiterpene polyol esters with a dihydro‐β‐agarofuran (=(3R,5aS,9R,9aS)‐octahydro‐2,2,5a,9‐tetramethyl‐2H‐3,9a‐methano‐1‐benzoxepin) skeleton, (1α,2α,4β,8α,9α)‐1,2,8,12‐tetrakis(acetyloxy)‐9‐(furoyloxy)‐4‐hydroxydihydro‐β‐agarofuran ( 1 ) and (1α,2α,6β,8α,9α)‐1,2,6,8,12‐pentakis(acetyloxy)‐9‐(benzoyloxy)dihydro‐β‐agarofuran ( 2 ), and the three known compounds (1α,2α,4β,6β,8α,9β)‐1,2,6‐tris(acetyloxy)‐9‐(benzoyloxy)‐4‐hydroxy‐8,12‐bis(isobutyryloxy)dihydro‐β‐agarofuran ( 3 ), (1α, 2α,4β,6β,8α,9β)‐1,2,6,8‐tetrakis(acetyloxy)‐9‐(furoyloxy)‐4‐hydroxy‐12‐isobutyryloxy)dihydro‐β‐agarofuran ( 4 ), and (1α,2α,4β,6β,8α,9β)‐1,2,6‐tris(acetyloxy)‐9‐(benzoyloxy)‐4‐hydroxy‐8‐(isobutyryloxy)‐12‐[(2‐methylbutanoyl)oxy]dihydro‐β‐agarofuran ( 5 ) were isolated from the root bark of Celastrus angulatus. Their chemical structures were elucidated by analyses of their MS and NMR data.     

A New Sesquiterpene Polyol Ester from Celastrus Angulatus

A new sesquiterpene polyol ester, angulatin D, has been isolated from the root bark of Celastrus angulatus. The chemical structure is elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis.     

Four novel insecticidal sesquiterpene esters from Celastrus angulatus

Four new insecticidal sesquiterpene polyol esters with a beta-dihydroagarofuran sesquiterpene skeleton, celangulatin C (1), celangulatin D (2), celangulatin E (3), and celangulatin F (4), and five known compounds 5-9 were isolated from the low-polar toluene extracts of the root bark of Celastrus angulatus by bioassay-guided fractionation. Their chemical structures were elucidated mainly by analyses of MS and NMR spectral data. Celangulatin C, E and F showed LD(50) against Mythimna separata were 280.4, 1656.4 and 210.5 microg mL(-1), respectively.     

Two new insecticidal sesquiterpene polyol esters from Celastrus angulatus

Two new insecticidal sesquiterpene polyol esters with a beta-dihydroagarofuran sesquiterpene skeleton, celangulatin A (1), B (2), and two known compounds, celangulin IV (3) and V (4), were isolated from the leaves of Celastrus angulatus by bioassay-guided fractionation. Their chemical structures were elucidated mainly by analyses of the NMR and MS spectral data. Their insecticidal activities against Mythimna separate were demonstrated with the KD50 value of 68.5 and 215.8 microg g(-1), respectively.     

A Novel Sesquiterpene Polyol Ester from Celastrus Angulatus and its Antitumor Activities

Chinesebittersweet(CelaslrusangulalusM.)iswidelydistributedinChina.IthasbeenusedastraditionalplantinsecticideandamedicinalherbformanyyearsinthefolkmedicineofChina'-'.Inpreviousstudies,P-dihydroagarofuransesquiterpenepolyolestersandsesquiterpenealkaloidswerefrequentlyfoundinthecelaslrusfamilyofplants'-',ItwasreportedthatmostofP-dihydroagarofuransesquiterpenepolyolestersfromChinesebit-tersweethaveinhibitoryeffectsonEBVandantitumoractivity'.,'.InourattempttofindnovelbioactivecompoundsintheCh…     

Triptonoterpene,a Natural Product from Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb,Has Biological Activity against the Metastasis of Gastric Cancer Cells

Cancer is one of the greatest threats to human health. Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most common malignant tumor in the world. Invasion and metastasis are the major difficulties in the treatment of GC. Herbal medicines and their extracts have a lengthy history of being used to treat tumors in China. The anti-tumoral effects of the natural products derived from herbs have received a great deal of attention. Our previous studies have shown that the traditional Chinese herb Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb extract (COE) can inhibit the invasion and metastasis of GC cells, but the specific anti-cancer components of COE are still unclear. Dozens of natural products from COE have been isolated and identified by HPLC spectroscopy in our previous experiments. Triptonoterpene is one of the active ingredients in COE. In this study, we focused on revealing whether Triptonoterpene has an excellent anti-GC effect and can be used as an effective component of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb in the treatment of tumors. We first observed that Triptonoterpene reduces GC cell proliferation through CCK-8 assays and colony formation experiments. The cell adhesion assays have shown that Triptonoterpene inhibits adhesion between cells and the cell matrix during tumor invasion. In addition, the cell migration assay has shown that Triptonoterpene inhibits the invasion and migration of GC cells. The high-connotation cell dynamic tracking experiment has also shown the same results. The effects of Triptonoterpene on epidermal mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)-related proteins in gastric cancer cells were detected by Western blots. We found that Triptonoterpene could significantly inhibit the changes in EMT-related and invasion and metastasis-related proteins. Altogether, these results suggest that Triptonoterpene is capable of inhibiting the migration and invasion of GC cells. Triptonoterpene, as a natural product from Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb, has significant anti-gastric cancer effects, and is likely to be one of the major equivalent components of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.     

应用新型立式逆流色谱制备分离南蛇藤中的南蛇藤素

A versatile countercurrent chromatography with upright multilayer coil planet centrifuge, named upright countercurrent chromatography (UCCC), was applied to the isolation and purification of celastrol from the roots of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. The crude celastrol was obtained by elution with petroleum ether from ethanol extracts using a 15 cm length and 5 cm I.D. of silica gel flash chromatography. Preparative UCCC (Fig. 1) with a two-phase system composed of petroleum ether (b. p. 60 ～ 90 ℃ )-ethyl acetate-tetrachloromethanemethanol-water ( 1:1:8:6: 1, v/v) was successfully performed, yielding 705 mg celastrol at 99.5 % purity from 1020 rng of the crude extract in one step separation.     

Preparative isolation and purification of celastrol from Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. by a new counter-current chromatography method with an upright coil planet centrifuge

A new counter-current chromatography (CCC) method with an upright coil planet centrifuge, which holds four identical multilayer coil columns in the symmetrical positions around the centrifuge axis, was applied to the isolation and purification of celastrol from the roots of Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. The crude celastrol was obtained by elution with light petroleum from ethanol extracts using 15 cm x 5 cm i.d. silica gel flash chromatography. Preparative CCC with a two-phase system composed of light petroleum (bp 60-90 degrees C)-ethyl acetate-tetrachloromethane-methanol-water (1:1:8:6:1, v/v) was successfully performed, yielding 798 mg celastrol at 99.5% purity from 1020 mg of the crude sample in one step separation.     

New Dihydroagarofuranoid Sesquiterpenes from Celastrus paniculatus

The six new dihydro‐β‐agarofuranoid sesquiterpenes 1 – 6 and three known compounds were isolated from the whole plant of Celastrus paniculatus. The structures including relative configurations were elucidated by means of spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1 – 6 were evaluated for cytotoxicity against a panel of three human‐tumor cell lines.     

灯油藤中新倍半萜的研究

已知杀虫植物苦皮藤(Celastrus angulatus)中的一些β-二氢沉香呋喃型倍半萜表现出明显的昆虫拒食活性~[1].为进一步研究这类化合物结构与杀虫活性的关系,从而为寻找新的杀虫植物提供依据,我们对灯油藤(C.paniculatus)中的类似化合物进行了研究,从中分离出3种微量成分(1～3).初步生物活性试验表明,化合物3对粘虫(M.separata)表现出明显的拒食活性,拒食率为67％.本文报道这3种化合物的结构.     

A New Nortriterpene from the Root of Celastrus hypoleucus

A new nortriterpene, 2‐hydroxy‐3‐methyl‐21‐oxo‐12,24‐dinor‐D : B‐friedooleana‐1,3,5(10),7‐tetraen‐29‐oic acid ( 1 ), was isolated from the root of Celastrus hypoleucus, together with the two known compounds, celastorol ( 2 ) and pristimerine ( 3 ). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1 – 3 exhibited in vitro significant antioxidant (against lipid peroxidation; by the TBARS method) and antitumor activities (against cancer cell lines P‐388, A‐549, HL‐60, and BEL‐7402).     

Antitumor sesquiterpene polyol esters from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Celastrus angulatus</Emphasis>

Two new antitumor sesquiterpene polyol esters with the β-dihydroagarofuran skeleton, 1 and 2, and three known compounds 3–5 were isolated from the high-polar MeOH extracts of the root bark of Celastrus angulatus. Their chemical structures were elucidated mainly by analyses of MS and NMR spectral data. Preliminary antitumor and insecticidal activities of these compounds were evaluated. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited moderate antitumor activity against human breast cancer cell line (Bcap-37); the IC50 were 54.08 and 61.35 μM, respectively, and all the tested compounds were shown to possess minimal or no inhibitory activities against human colon (HT-29) and lung (NCI-H460) cancer cell lines. In addition, compounds 1–5 displayed mild insecticidal activities against the 4th instar larvae Mythimna separate, the KD50 were 610.5, 308.8, 917.8, 510.6 and 1120.5, respectively.     

Sesquiterpene Lactones from Notoseris Porphyrolepis

Two new sesquiterpene lactones, notoserolides A and B, along with 12 known compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Notoseris porphyrolepis.By means of spectral methods including MS, NMR (1H NMR, 13C NMR, DEPT, HMQC, HMBC) and X-ray diffraction, as well as chemical reactions, the structures of notoserolides A and B were established as austricin 8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and 8-O-senecioylaustricin, respectively.     

杯菊中的倍半萜内酯

摘要杯菊(Cyathocline purpurea)是云南民间民族药, 全株用于治疗各种炎症和肺结核. 采用L1210细胞系对杯菊的粗提物、 分步萃取物的成分进行了细胞毒试验; 用柱层色谱法同步对活性组分进行化学成分分离纯化; 通过理化数据测定及波谱分析鉴定单体结构. 杯菊的氯仿及乙酸乙酯萃取物具有细胞毒活性, 其IC50分别为3.5和2.8 μg/mL. 从活性组分中分离出3种成分, 分别鉴定为Santamarin(1)、 9β-乙酰基广木香内酯(9β-acetoxycostunolide, 2)和9β-乙酰基小白菊内酯(9β-acetoxypathenolide, 3), 其IC50分别为0.41, 0.89, 0.59 μg/mL. 这三个化合物都有较强的抗癌活性, 其中化合物3为新化合物.