Improving the NQO1-Inducing Activities of Phenolic Acids from Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza: a Methylation Strategy
摘要:
NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase1 (NQO1) is an important detoxification enzyme that can protect mammalian cells against toxic quinones and reduce the risk of tumorigenesis. In this study, it was found that salvianolic acid B (SaB), lithospermic acid (LA), and rosmarinic acid (RA), three main hydrophilic constituents in Danshen, conjugated with glutathione (GSH) easily in vitro but exhibited no NQO1‐inducing activities in Hepa 1c1c7 cells, which might attribute to their poor absorptions. After a simple methylation strategy that aimed at improving the liposolubility, both the NQO1‐inducing activities and the absorptions in cells of the phenolic acids improved obviously, without losing the GSH‐conjugating abilities. The concentration to double the specific activity of NQ01 values of methylated products of lithospermic acid and rosmarinic acid were 17.86 ± 2.34 μg/mL and 11.97 ± 0.60 μg/mL, respectively. The findings indicated that methylation is an effective strategy to improve the NQO1‐inducing activities of phenolic acids in Danshen.
Improving the NQO1-Inducing Activities of Phenolic Acids from Radix Salvia miltiorrhiza: a Methylation Strategy
作者:Xiaoyu Zhang、Zhihang Song、Jinzhong Xu、Zhongjun Ma
DOI:10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01171.x
日期:2011.10
NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase1 (NQO1) is an important detoxification enzyme that can protect mammalian cells against toxic quinones and reduce the risk of tumorigenesis. In this study, it was found that salvianolic acid B (SaB), lithospermic acid (LA), and rosmarinic acid (RA), three main hydrophilic constituents in Danshen, conjugated with glutathione (GSH) easily in vitro but exhibited no NQO1‐inducing activities in Hepa 1c1c7 cells, which might attribute to their poor absorptions. After a simple methylation strategy that aimed at improving the liposolubility, both the NQO1‐inducing activities and the absorptions in cells of the phenolic acids improved obviously, without losing the GSH‐conjugating abilities. The concentration to double the specific activity of NQ01 values of methylated products of lithospermic acid and rosmarinic acid were 17.86 ± 2.34 μg/mL and 11.97 ± 0.60 μg/mL, respectively. The findings indicated that methylation is an effective strategy to improve the NQO1‐inducing activities of phenolic acids in Danshen.
Chemical conversions of salvianolic acid B by decoction in aqueous solution
作者:Hyoung Jae Lee、Jeong-Yong Cho、Jae-Hak Moon
DOI:10.1016/j.fitote.2012.06.015
日期:2012.10
Salvianolic acidB (Sal B) is the most abundant phenolic compound in Salvia miltiorrhiza, which has been widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Oriental medicine. To elucidate structure of the converted compounds of Sal B by decoction in aqueous solution, Sal B (200 mg) was decocted in an aqueous solution (200 mL) at pH 4.9 and the decocted solution was purified by Sephadex LH-20