(±)-Japonicols A-D, Acylphloroglucinol-Based Meroterpenoid Enantiomers with Anti-KSHV Activities from Hypericum japonicum

J Nat Prod. 2016 May 27;79(5):1322-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b01119. Epub 2016 Apr 26.

Abstract

(±)-Japonicols A-D (1a/1b-4a/4b), four pairs of new phloroglucinol-based terpenoid enantiomers, were isolated from Hypericum japonicum. Their absolute configurations were confirmed through comparison of their experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Compounds 1a/1b, 2a/2b, and 3a/3b possess 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane, pyrano[3,2-b]pyran, and benzo[b]cyclopenta[e]oxepine ring systems, respectively. The effects of the phloroglucinols on anti-Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus were assessed, and 2a exhibited a moderate inhibitory effect, with an EC50 value of 8.75 μM and a selectivity index of 16.06.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents* / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Antiviral Agents* / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / isolation & purification
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / pharmacology
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / drug effects*
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phloroglucinol* / analogs & derivatives
  • Phloroglucinol* / chemistry
  • Phloroglucinol* / isolation & purification
  • Phloroglucinol* / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Phloroglucinol