NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (8): 1326-1332.doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2021.8.008

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Chemical constituents of Justicia calycina (Nees)

LI Can-jie1,LIN Ding-chai1,XU Wei-bin1,Cai Jun-xing1, WANG Wen-zhi1,ZHANG Yu-bo1,2,LI Yao-lan1,WANG Guo-cai1*   

  1. 1Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Natural Products,College of Pharmacy,Jinan University;2Department of Pharmacology,School of Medicine,Jinan University,Guangzhou 510632,China

  • Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-08-30

Abstract:

To study the chemical constituents of Justicia calycina (Nees).The 95% ethanol extract of Justicia calycina was separated and purified with commonly chromatographic methods (silica gel,Sephadex LH-20,ODS columns,and preparative HPLC).The structures of isolates were elucidated by extensive analysis of spectroscopic data (including IR,UV,HRESIMS and 1D NMR) and physicochemical properties.As a result,fifteen compounds were isolated from J. calycina and identified as lupeol (1),α-spinasterol (2),corchoionoside C (3),1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-[4-(3-hydroxypropyl)-2-methoxyphenoxy]-1,3-propane-diol (4),4-(2,3- dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenol (5),5-styrylfuran-2- carboxylic acid methyl ester (6),ferulyl aldehyde (7),(9E,12E)-methyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate (8),3,7,11,15- tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol (9),α-linolenic acid (10),3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-n-octadac-13-en-3,4,6,7,8,11-hexol- 12-one (11),4-hydroxybenzoic acid (12),5-styrylfuran-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (13),cinnamic acid (14) and 3,4-dihydroxy-benzoic acid (15).All of the above compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time.The results of antiviral assays indicated that none of the above compounds exhibit anti-RSV and anti-HSV-1 activities.The results of anti-inflammatory assay showed that compounds 1-7,14 show certain inhibitory activities on release of NO in RAW264.7 macrophages induced by LPS.

Key words: Justicia calycina (Nees), chemical constituent, structural identification, anti-inflammatory activity

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