Description: |
6-Deoxyjacareubin possesses significant antioxidant activities, it
also exhibits the cytotoxic activities against HL-60, SMMC-7721, A-549, MCF-7, and SW-480 cell lines.6-Deoxyjacareubin is antifungal against Cladosporium cucumerinum, while it shows differing degrees of inhibition of monoamine oxidase A and B. 6-Deoxyjacareubin shows strong platelet activating factor (PAF) receptor binding inhibitory effects using rabbit platelets with IC50 values of 29.0 microM, suggests that xanthones can represent a new class of natural PAF receptor antagonists. |
In vitro: |
J Ethnopharmacol. 2001 May;75(2-3):287-90. | Inhibitory effects of xanthones on platelet activating factor receptor binding in vitro.[Pubmed: 11297865] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
Nine naturally occurring xanthones were investigated for their platelet activating factor (PAF) receptor binding inhibitory effects using rabbit platelets. 2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,3,5-trihydoxyxanthone, macluraxanthone, 1,3,5-trihydroxy-6,6'-dimethylpyrano(2',3':6,7)-4-(1,1-dimethylprop-2-enyl)xanthone, 6-Deoxyjacareubin and 2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,3,5,6-terahydroxyxanthone showed strong inhibition with IC50 values of 4.8, 11.0, 21.0, 29.0 and 44.0 microM, respectively. The prenyl group at C-2, the dimethylprop-2-enyl group at C-4 and the hydroxyl group at C-5 are all beneficial to the binding of xanthones to the PAF receptor.
CONCLUSIONS:
The results revealed that xanthones can represent a new class of natural PAF receptor antagonists. | Molecules. 2011 Dec 7;16(12):10157-67. | Antioxidant phenolic compounds of cassava (Manihot esculenta) from Hainan[Pubmed: 22157579] | METHODS AND RESULTS: An activity-directed fractionation and purification process was used to isolate antioxidant components from cassava stems produced in Hainan. The ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions showed greater DPPH˙and ABTS·+ scavenging activities than other fractions. The ethyl acetate fraction was subjected to column chromatography, to yield ten phenolic compounds: Coniferaldehyde (1), isovanillin (2), 6-Deoxyjacareubin (3), scopoletin (4), syringaldehyde (5), pinoresinol (6), p-coumaric acid (7), ficusol (8), balanophonin (9) and ethamivan (10), which possess significant antioxidant activities. The relative order of DPPH· scavenging capacity for these compounds was ascorbic acid (reference) > 6 > 1 > 8 > 10 > 9 > 3 > 4 > 7 > 5 > 2, and that of ABTS·+ scavenging capacity was 5 > 7 > 1 > 10 > 4 > 6 > 8 > 2 > Trolox (reference compound) > 3 > 9.
CONCLUSIONS:
The results showed that these phenolic compounds contributed to the antioxidant activity of cassava. |
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