Antioxidant Flavonols and Phenolic Compounds from Atraphaxis frutescens and Their Inhibitory Activities against Insect Phenoloxidase and Mushroom Tyrosinase

J Nat Prod. 2016 Dec 23;79(12):3065-3071. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00720. Epub 2016 Dec 8.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the aerial parts of Atraphaxis frutescens resulted in the isolation of five 7-methoxyflavonols with pyrogallol B-ring moieties (1-5), a fisetinidol glucoside (13), and a benzyl glycoside (18), together with 26 known compounds including flavonoids, phenylpropanoid amides, anthraquinone glycosides, lignans, and a benzyl derivative. The principal chemical structural feature of the isolated compounds was either a pyrogallol or catechol B-ring moiety, and they showed potent 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activities. To assess the effects of these antioxidants on biological enzymes, their inhibitory effects against an insect phenoloxidase and a mushroom tyrosinase were evaluated. This study indicated that insect phenoloxidase was inhibited by phenylpropanoid amides and that mushroom tyrosinase was inhibited by the characteristic 7-methoxyflavonol 3-O-rhamnopyranosides.

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / enzymology
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Aphids / enzymology
  • Biphenyl Compounds / pharmacology
  • Catechol Oxidase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Flavonols / chemistry
  • Flavonols / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonols / pharmacology*
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification
  • Glucosides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mongolia
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification*
  • Phenols / pharmacology*
  • Picrates / pharmacology
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry
  • Polygonaceae / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Flavonols
  • Glucosides
  • Phenols
  • Picrates
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
  • Catechol Oxidase
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase