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Chemical constituents from Gnaphalium affine and their xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity
Wei Zhang1, Chun-Zhen Wu2, Si-Yang Fan1
1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China; Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai 201203, China.
Abstract:
Gnaphalium affine D. Don, a medicinal and edible plant, has been used to treat gout in traditional Chinese medicine and popularly consumed in China for a long time. A detailed phytochemical investigation on the aerial part of G. affine led to the isolation of two new esters of caffeoylquinic acid named (-) ethyl 1, 4-di-O-caffeoylquinate (1) and (-) methyl 1, 4-di-O-caffeoylquinate (2), together with 35 known compounds (3-37). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data and first-order multiplet analysis. All the isolated compounds were tested for their xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity with an in vitro enzyme inhibitory screening assay. Among the tested compounds, 1 (IC50 11.94 μmol·L-1) and 2 (IC50 15.04 μmol·L-1) showed a good inhibitory activity. The current results supported the medical use of the plant.
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