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Chi N Nguyen1, Binh T D Trinh2, Toan B Tran1
1Natural Product and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Faculty of Chemistry, VNUHCM-University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Abstract:
An ethyl acetate extract the bark of Garcinia xanthochymus exhibited strong inhibition towards α-glucosidase and PTP1B with IC50 values of 0.3±0.1μg/mL and 2.3±0.4μg/mL, respectively. Chemical constituents of the extract were therefore examined, and two new compounds, xanthochymusxanthones A (1) and B (2), along with ten known xanthones (3-12), were isolated. Their structures were determined using spectroscopic methods, mainly 1D and 2D NMR. Inhibitory activity of the isolated compounds was then tested, and subelliptenone F (12) showed significant effect towards α-glucosidase with IC50 value of 4.1±0.3μM (compared with acarbose, IC50=900.0±3.0μM) whilst xanthochymusxanthone B (2) exhibited remarkable activity towards PTP1B with IC50 value of 8.0±0.6μM (compared with RK682, IC50=4.4±0.3μM).
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