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Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry, 2015, 58(3):365-371. | Plant-derived molecules from Saussurea grandifolia as inhibitors of aldose reductase.[Reference: WebLink] | Saussurea grandifolia was tested for aldose reductase (AR) inhibition as part of a search for potentially therapeutic natural compounds. METHODS AND RESULTS: Stepwise polarity fractions were tested for in vitro inhibition of rat lens AR. Of these, the ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and n-butanol (n-BuOH) fractions exhibited AR inhibitory activities. A chromatographic separation of the active EtOAc and n-BuOH fractions led to the isolation of nine compounds, which were known and identified as vitexin (1), genkwanin-5-O-glucoside (2), vitexin 2″-p-hydroxybenzoate (3), kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (4), isovitexin (5), quercitrin (6), isoquercitrin (7), 1,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (8), and Vicenin -1 (9). Among these compounds, compounds 6, 7, and 8 showed very strong inhibitory activities against AR (IC50’s = 0.34, 0.32, and 0.08 μM, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS:
The results suggest that S. grandifolia is clearly a potential source for therapeutic agent that might be useful for the treatment of diabetic complications. |
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