Isolation of antiplasmodial anthraquinones from Kniphofia ensifolia, and synthesis and structure–activity relationships of related compounds
作者:Yumin Dai、Liva Harinantenaina、Jessica D. Bowman、Isabel Osorio Da Fonseca、Peggy J. Brodie、Michael Goetz、Maria B. Cassera、David G.I. Kingston
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2013.11.032
日期:2014.1
Bioassay-guided separation of the South African plant Kniphofia ensifolia for antiplasmodial activity led to the isolation of two new anthraquinones, named kniphofiones A and B (3 and 4), together with three known bioactive anthraquinone monomers (1, 2 and 5), and four known bisanthraquinones (6-9). The structures of the two new compounds were elucidated based on analyses of their 1D and 2D NMR spectra and mass spectrometric data. The dimeric compounds 6 and 7 displayed the strongest antiplasmodial activity among all the isolated compounds, with IC50 values of 0.4 +/- 0.1 and 0.2 +/- 0.1 mu M, respectively. The two new compounds displayed modest activities, with IC50 values of 26 +/- 4 and 9 +/- 1 mu M, respectively. Due to the synthetic accessibility of the new compounds and the increased activity shown by the dimeric compounds, a structure-activity relationship study was conducted. As a result, one analogue of kniphofione B (4), the caffeic acid derivative of aloe-emodin, was found to have the highest activity among all the aloe-emodin derivatives, with an IC50 value of 1.3 +/- 0.2 mu M. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.