Polyprenylated Tetraoxygenated Xanthones from the Roots of Hypericum monogynum and Their Neuroprotective Activities

J Nat Prod. 2016 Aug 26;79(8):1971-81. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00251. Epub 2016 Aug 15.

Abstract

Ten new polyprenylated tetraoxygenated xanthones, monogxanthones A-J (1-10), together with eight known analogues (4b, 11-17) were identified from the roots of Hypericum monogynum. The structures of these new polyprenylated xanthones (1-10), a class of compounds rarely found in plants of the genus Hypericum, were elucidated by the interpretation of their HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, and electronic circular dichroism data. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited neuroprotective effects against corticosterone (Cort)-induced lesions of PC12 cells at concentrations of 6.25, 12.50, and 25.00 μM, with cell viability greater than 75%, as well as inhibitory effects on nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-induced BV2 microglia cells, with IC50 values of 7.47 ± 0.65 and 9.60 ± 0.12 μM, respectively. Collectively, these results shed new light on the potential of polyprenylated xanthones from the genus Hypericum in the development of antidepression therapies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neuroprotective Agents* / chemistry
  • Neuroprotective Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Neuroprotective Agents* / pharmacology
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Prenylation
  • Rats
  • Xanthones* / chemistry
  • Xanthones* / isolation & purification
  • Xanthones* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Xanthones