Antiviral Matrine-Type Alkaloids from the Rhizomes of Sophora tonkinensis

J Nat Prod. 2015 Jul 24;78(7):1683-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00325. Epub 2015 Jul 1.

Abstract

Three new matrine-type alkaloids, (+)-5α-hydroxyoxysophocarpine (1), (-)-12β-hydroxyoxysophocarpine (2), and (+)-5α-hydroxylemannine (3), along with 14 known analogues, (-)-sophocarpine (4), (-)-5α-hydroxysophocarpine (5), (-)-9α-hydroxysophocarpine (6), (+)-12α-hydroxysophocarpine (7), (-)-12β-hydroxysophocarpine (8), (+)-oxysophocarpine (9), (+)-matrine (10), (+)-sophoranol (11), (+)-9α-hydroxymatrine (12), (-)-14β-hydroxymatrine (13), (+)-oxymatrine (14), (+)-5α-hydroxyoxymatrine (15), (-)-14β-hydroxyoxymatrine (16), and (+)-sophoramine (17), were isolated from the rhizomes of Sophora tonkinensis. Their structures were elucidated via spectrometric data analyses, and the absolute configurations were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and ECD data. Alkaloids 2, 6, 11, and 13 exhibited antiviral activity against the Coxsackie virus B3 (CVB3), with IC50 values of 26.62-252.18 μM, and alkaloids 7, 8, and 17 inhibited influenza virus A/Hanfang/359/95 (H3N2) replication with IC50 values of 63.07-242.46 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype / drug effects
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Matrines
  • Molecular Structure
  • Quinolizines / chemistry
  • Quinolizines / isolation & purification*
  • Quinolizines / pharmacology*
  • Rhizome / chemistry*
  • Sophora / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • 12-hydroxysophocarpine
  • Alkaloids
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Quinolizines
  • oxysophocarpine
  • sophocarpine
  • sophoramine
  • oxymatrine
  • Matrines