Structure and antimicrobial activity of phloroglucinol derivatives from Achyrocline satureioides

J Nat Prod. 2015 Jan 23;78(1):93-102. doi: 10.1021/np500735f. Epub 2014 Dec 17.

Abstract

The new prenylated phloroglucinol α-pyrones 1-3 and the new dibenzofuran 4, together with the known 23-methyl-6-O-demethylauricepyrone (5), achyrofuran (6), and 5,7-dihydroxy-3,8-dimethoxyflavone (gnaphaliin A), were isolated from the aerial parts of Achyrocline satureioides. Their structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic studies, while the absolute configuration of the sole stereogenic center of 1 was established by vibrational circular dichroism measurements in comparison to density functional theory calculated data. The same (S) absolute configuration of the α-methylbutyryl chain attached to the phloroglucinol nucleus was assumed for compounds 2-6 based on biogenetic considerations. Derivatives 7-16 were prepared from 1 and 5, and the antimicrobial activities of the isolated metabolites and some of the semisynthetic derivatives against a selected panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as a set of yeast molds, were determined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Achyrocline / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Argentina
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry
  • Phloroglucinol / isolation & purification*
  • Phloroglucinol / pharmacology*
  • Pyrones / chemistry
  • Pyrones / isolation & purification*
  • Pyrones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Flavonoids
  • Furans
  • Pyrones
  • achyrofuran
  • gnaphalin
  • Phloroglucinol