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Kai-Long Ji1, Yao-Yue Fan1, Qi Gong1
1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Eleven densely functionalized new dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoid derivatives, named maytenoids A-K (1-11), as well as one known analog, were isolated and characterized from Maytenus austroyunnanensis. Their structures were assigned based on analysis of spectroscopic data and X-ray crystallography. Compounds 1-9 are macrocyclic sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids generated by the respective acylation of the hydroxy groups at C-3 and C-13 of dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoids via diverse pyridine dicarboxylic acids. Compounds 1, 2, 5-10, and 12 exhibited significant inhibitory effects on NO production at 10 μM in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BV2 cells.
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