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Fitoterapia . 2022 Jul;160:105228. | Two new neolignans and an indole alkaloid from the stems of Nauclea officinalis and their biological activities[Pubmed: 35667521] | A pair of new diastereoisomers neolignans (1-2) and a new alkaloid (7) were isolated from the stems of Nauclea officinalis: naucleaoxyneolignoside A (1), naucleaoxyneolignoside B (2), (2S,3S)-javaniside (7), together with nine known compounds, 2S-3,3-di-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-propane-1,2-diol (3), threo-1,2-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-propane-1,3-diol (4), Nauclefine (5), angustidine (6), naucleoxoside A (8), naucleoxoside B (9), angustoline (10), (3S,19S)-3,14-dihydroangustoline (11), and (3S,19R)-3,14-dihydroangustoline (12).The structures of 1, 2 and 7 were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods and the known compounds were identified by comparison of their data with those reported in the literature. The absolution configurations of 1, 2, 7,11 and 12 were confirmed by the quantum chemical CD calculation method. Compounds 1-9 showed weak to moderate inhibitory activity on nitric oxide (NO) production induced by lipopolysaccharide in mouse macrophage RAW 264.7 cells in vitro with IC50 values comparable to that of dexamethasone. In addition, compounds 1-9 were evaluated for the antibacterial and cytotoxic effects, and the results revealed that these compounds showed no anti-bacterial activity, and compounds 3-6 showed modest cytotoxic activity | Molecules . 2012 Apr 2;17(4):4028-4036. | Naucline, a new indole alkaloid from the bark of Nauclea officinalis[Pubmed: 22469596] | A new indole alkaloid, naucline (1) together with four known alkaloids, angustine (2), angustidine (3), Nauclefine (4) and naucletine (5), were isolated from the bark of Nauclea officinalis. The structures of all isolated compounds were elucidated with various spectroscopic methods such as 1D- and 2D- NMR, IR, UV and LCMS-IT-TOF. In addition to that of alkaloid 1, the complete 13C-NMR data of naucletine (5) were also reported. Naucline (1) showed a moderate vasorelaxant activity (90% relaxation at 1 × 10(-5) M) whereas, angustine (2), Nauclefine (4), and naucletine (5) showed potent vasorelaxant activity (more than 90% relaxation at 1 × 10(-5) M) on an isolated rat aorta. |
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