Bi-, tri-, and polycyclic acylphloroglucinols from Hypericum empetrifolium

J Nat Prod. 2012 Oct 26;75(10):1697-705. doi: 10.1021/np300237n. Epub 2012 Oct 2.

Abstract

The ¹H NMR-guided fractionation of a petroleum ether extract of Hypericum empetrifolium led to the isolation of four new bicyclic (1-4), four known bicyclic (5-8), three new tricyclic (9-11), and three new polycyclic acylphloroglucinols (12/13 and 14) possessing a monoterpenoid citran moiety. Compounds 12/13 were isolated as a mixture of two inseparable structural isomers. The compounds showed in vitro antiproliferative activity against human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1) with IC₅₀ values in the range 9.2 ± 2.0 to 29.6 ± 3.5 μM.

MeSH terms

  • Endothelial Cells / drug effects
  • Greece
  • Humans
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phloroglucinol* / analogs & derivatives
  • Phloroglucinol* / chemistry
  • Phloroglucinol* / isolation & purification
  • Phloroglucinol* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Phloroglucinol