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Published on: September 18, 2016
Polyoxygenated cyclohexenes from the stems of Uvaria calamistrata
Lihang Niu1, Jiahang Li2, Qiang Zhang3
1State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, and Nankai International Advanced Research Institute (Shenzhen Futian), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300353, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Nine previously undescribed polyoxygenated cyclohexenes uvacalols L-T (1-9), together with five known analogues (10-14) were obtained from the stems of Uvaria calamistrata. Their structures were established through spectroscopic data analysis, circular dichroism calculations and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Uvacalols L-N (1-3) are chlorinated analogues. Some compounds were measured for their anti-inflammatory activities through NO generation inhibition in RAW 264.7 cells. Compound 8 had the best inhibitory activity with an IC50 value of 4.49 ± 0.38 μM.
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