NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2010, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 934-936.

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Chemical Constituents with α-Glycosidase Inhibiting Activity from the Bark of Broussonetia papyrifera

BAO Ling2, CUI Wen-feng2, YU Jian-ping2, YU Kai3, WANG Ming-kui1*   

  1. 1Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041;2The College of Biology in Guizhou University, Gui Yang 5500250;3School of Life Science & Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610013
  • Received:2009-02-11 Online:2011-01-10 Published:2011-10-19

Abstract:

The  α-glycosidase inhibitors were isolated and identified from the bark of Broussonetia papyrifera. By solvent extraction and column chromatography, six compounds were isolated from ethanolic extracts of this plant for the first time and identified as broussonetine A (1), broussonetinine A (2), broussonetinine B (3), liriodendrin (4), butyrospermyl acetate (5), and daucosterol (6) by spectral evidence. Activity assay indicated that compounds 1-3 had strong glycosidase inhibiting activities with IC50 value of 0.530, 0.445, and 0.460 mg/ml, respectively.

Key words: Broussonetia papyrifera, broussonetine A, broussonetinine A, broussonetinine B, glycosidase inhibitor