Importance of the B Ring and Its Substitution on the α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity of Baicalein, 5,6,7-Trihydroxyflavone
作者:Hong GAO、Jun KAWABATA
DOI:10.1271/bbb.68.1858
日期:2004.1
Hydroxychromones and B-ring-substituted 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones were prepared to evaluate the contribution of the B ring of baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone, 1) to its potent α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Hydroxychromones, which lack 6-hydroxyl substitution, did not show any inhibitory activity, while 5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-methylchromone (5) showed high activity. Among the tested B-ring-substituted 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones, the 4′-hydroxy-, 3′,4′-dihydroxy-, and 3′,4′,5′-trihydroxy-substituted derivatives were found to give more activity than that of 1. The methoxy-substituted derivatives, however, showed less activity than 1. The results suggest that the B ring of 1 was not essential, although advantageous to the activity; hydroxyl substitution on the B ring of 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones was favorable to the activity, whereas methoxyl substitution was unfavorable; at least 4′-hydroxyl substitution of 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones was required for enhanced activity, in which the number of hydroxyl groups did not take part.
为了评估黄芩素(5,6,7-三羟基黄酮,1)的 B 环对其强效α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性的贡献,我们制备了羟基色酮和 B 环取代的 5,6,7- 三羟基黄酮。缺乏 6-羟基取代的羟基色酮没有显示出任何抑制活性,而 5,6,7-三羟基-2-甲基色酮(5)则显示出较高的活性。在测试的 B 环取代的 5,6,7-三羟基黄酮中,4′-羟基、3′,4′-二羟基和 3′,4′,5′-三羟基取代的衍生物的活性高于 1。结果表明,1 的 B 环虽然对活性有利,但并不是必需的;5,6,7-三羟基黄酮 B 环上的羟基取代对活性有利,而甲氧基取代则不利;5,6,7-三羟基黄酮至少需要 4′-羟基取代才能提高活性,羟基的数量与活性无关。