Piperidine and bis-piperidine alkaloids from the peels of Areca catechu and their monoamine oxidases inhibitory
Song Wang1, De-Zhi Wang1, Xia Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules and Druggability Assessment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Modernization of TCM, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, PR China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Evaluation of TCM, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, PR China.
Abstract:
Eleven undescribed piperidine alkaloids, arecachines A‒J (1-11), were isolated from the peels of Areca catechu. Compounds 8-11 are featured as bis-piperidine alkaloids. Their structures were elucidated by analysis of UV, IR, HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectra. Compounds 1-4, 6, and 8-11 were evaluated for the monoamine oxidases (MAOs) inhibitory activity. Among them, compounds 3, 4, 6, and 10 showed MAOA inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 7.85-55.96 μM, while compounds 1-4, 8, 10, and 11 showed MAOB inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 11.92-77.87 μM.
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