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Functionalized Spirocyclic Heterocycle Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Assay
Published on: February 9, 2021
[Cycloartane triterpenoid of Cimicifuga foetida]
Chun Dan1, Jian Liang, Yan Zhou
1College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China. danc999@163.com
Objective:
To study cycloartane triterpenoid of Cimicifuga foetida and their osteoclast inhibition activity.
Method:
The compounds were isolated and purified by normal and reversed phase column chromatographic methods. Structures were identified by spectroscopic analyses. Their osteoclast inhibition activity was then studied.
Result:
Thirteen cycloartane triterpenoids were isolated from the rhizomes of C. foetida and were characterized as 25-O-acetyl-cimigenol (1), cimigenol (2), cimicidanol (3), 26-deoxyactein (4), asiaticoside A (5), 23-epi-26-deoxyactein (6), actein (7), 12beta-hydroxycimigenol (8), cimiside E (9), (23R, 24S) 25-O-acetyl-cimigenol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (10), (23R, 24S) cimigenol-3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (11), cimicifugoside H-1 (12) and cimicifugoside H-2 (13).
Conclusion:
Compound 5 was isolated from this genus for the first time, compound 7 was isolated firstly from the plant and compound 2, 7, 10 and 11 exhibit osteoclast inhibition activity.
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