Neuroprotective flavonoids from Flemingia macrophylla

Planta Med. 2005 Sep;71(9):835-40. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-871297.

Abstract

Using an Abeta-induced neurotoxicity blocking assay to direct fractionation, three new flavonoids, fleminginin (1), flemingichromone (2), and flemingichalcone (3), and twenty known compounds were isolated from the active fractions of the aerial parts of Flemingia macrophylla. The structures of 1 - 3 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. When tested for neuroprotective activity, compound 2, osajin ( 4), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-6,8-diprenylisoflavone (5), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-6,3'-diprenylisoflavone (6), and aureole (7) protected neuronal cells from Abeta-induced damage with EC50 values of 31.43 +/- 3.16, 5.01 +/- 1.28, 11.25 +/-1.51, 4.47 +/- 0.65, 12.09 +/- 2.55 microM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured / drug effects
  • Cerebral Cortex / cytology
  • Fabaceae*
  • Flavonoids / administration & dosage
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Flavonoids / therapeutic use
  • Neuroprotective Agents / administration & dosage
  • Neuroprotective Agents / chemistry
  • Neuroprotective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Neuroprotective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Components, Aerial
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Flavonoids
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Plant Extracts