Project description:Twenty-one protostane-type triterpenoids with diverse structures, including nine new compounds (1-9), were isolated from the of Alisma plantago-aquatica Linn. Structurally, alisolides A‒F (1-6), composed of an oxole group coupled to a five-membered ring, represent unusual C-17 spirost protostane-type triterpenoids. Alisolide H (8) is a novel triterpenoid with an unreported endoperoxide bridge. Alisolide I (9) represents the first example of 23,24-acetal triterpenoid. Their structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic analysis, wherein the absolute configurations of 4‒6, 8 were further confirmed by the Mo2(OAc)4-induced ECD method. Furthermore, all isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on LPS-induced NO production in Caco-2 cells, and all the compounds showed remarkable inhibitory activities, with IC50 values in the range of 0.76-38.20 μmol/L.
Project description:THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 11?-hydr-oxy-24,25-ep-oxy-3,16-oxo-protost-13?(17)-en-23-yl acetate], C(32)H(48)O(6), a protostane-type triterpenoid, was isolated from the Chinese herbal medicine alismatis rhizoma (the rhizome of Alisma orientalis Juzep). The mol-ecule contains four trans-fused rings, viz. three six-membered and one five-membered ring. Two of the six-membered rings have slightly distorted half-chair conformations, while the third exhibits a chair conformation. The five-membered ring is almost planar. An inter-molecular O-H?O hydrogen bond between the hydr-oxy and ep-oxy groups and intra- and intermolecular C-H?O hydrogen bonds are observed.