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ID: ALA1687868

Journal: J Nat Prod

Title: Bioactive compounds from the fern Lepisorus contortus.

Authors: Yang JH, Kondratyuk TP, Jermihov KC, Marler LE, Qiu X, Choi Y, Cao H, Yu R, Sturdy M, Huang R, Liu Y, Wang LQ, Mesecar AD, van Breemen RB, Pezzuto JM, Fong HH, Chen YG, Zhang HJ.

Abstract: Phytochemical investigation of the whole plant of Lepisorus contortus (Christ) Ching led to the isolation of five new phenylethanoid glycosides (1-5), each containing a caffeoyl group, a new flavonoid glycoside (10), and 14 known compounds (6-9 and 11-15, syringic acid, vanillic acid, phloretic acid, diplopterol, and β-sitosterol). This is the first report of phenylethanoid glycosides from the family Polypodiaceae. Compounds 1-15 were evaluated for their cancer chemopreventive potential based on their ability to inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)-induced NF-κB activity, nitric oxide (NO) production, and aromatase, quinone reductase 2 (QR-2), and COX-1/-2 activities. Quercetin-3-O-β-d-glucoside (15) demonstrated inhibition against QR2 with an IC(50) value of 3.84 μM, which confirmed kaempferol/quercetin glycosides as the active compounds to inhibit QR2. The compound also demonstrated NF-κB activity with an IC(50) value of 33.6 μM. In addition, compounds 1, 2, 4, and 6 showed aromatase activity with IC(50) values of 30.7, 32.3, 26.8, and 35.3 μM, respectively.

CiteXplore: 21261296

DOI: 10.1021/np100373f