Advanced natural products chemistry research in China between 2015 and 2017 / 中国天然药物

In this review, we intensively focus on the advances in research of natural products (NPs) discovery carried out by domestic scholars in China from 2015 through 2017. In general, a total of 1811 publications (1479 in English and 332 in Chinese) were accumulated regarding newly isolated NPs from plants, microorganisms, and marine sources. As a result, 277 selected papers concerning naturally occurring compounds with extraordinary frameworks, origins, and promising activities were discussed in this review article, mainly organized according to their structural classes and novelties.

Advanced natural products chemistry research in China between 2015 and 2017 / 中国天然药物

In this review, we intensively focus on the advances in research of natural products (NPs) discovery carried out by domestic scholars in China from 2015 through 2017. In general, a total of 1811 publications (1479 in English and 332 in Chinese) were accumulated regarding newly isolated NPs from plants, microorganisms, and marine sources. As a result, 277 selected papers concerning naturally occurring compounds with extraordinary frameworks, origins, and promising activities were discussed in this review article, mainly organized according to their structural classes and novelties.

Serratene triterpenoids in Lycopodium japonicum from Hubei province / 中草药

Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents in the whole plant of Lycopodium japonicum, native to Suizhou city, Hubei province for the first time. Methods: The compounds were isolated and purified by a combination of silica gel, ODS, and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and prep-HPLC. Their chemical structures were established by their physicochemical properties and spectral data. Results: Eight pentacyclic triterpenoids have been isolated and characterized from the methanol extract of the whole plant, they are 21-episerratenediol (1), serratenediol (2), α-onocerin (3), serrat-14-en-3β, 21β, 24-triol (4), 3β, 21α- dihydroxyserrat-14-en-16-one (5), lycoclavanol (6), lyclaninol (7), and 3α, 21β, 24-trihydroxyserrat-14-en-16-one (8). Conclusion: Compounds 1-8 are all serretene triterpenoids, the characteristic chemical constituents in the plants of genus Lycopodium L. Compound 5 is isolated from this plant for the first time.

Sterols from roots of Clerodendrum trichotomum and their anti-inflammatory activity / 中草药

Objective: To investigate the anti-inflammatory chemical constituents from the roots of Clerodendrum trichotomum. Methods: The compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies, as well as prep-HPLC; Their structures were characterized on the basis of physicochemical properties and their spectral analysis; An in vitro anti-inflammatory method was applied to determine their activities against interleukin-8 (IL-8) production. Results: Four 24-ethylcholestane derivatives have been identified as 24-ethyl-7-oxocholesta-5, 22(E), 25-trien-3β-ol (1), decortinone (2), 22-dehydroclerosterol (3), and clerosterol (4). Conclusion: Coumpounds 1-3 are isolated from the roots of C. trichotomum for the first time. The absolute configuration of C-24 of compound 1 is determined to be S. In an in vitro anti-inflammatory assay, compound 1 is found to show a remarkable inhibition on IL-8 production induced by interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in HT-29 cells.

Anti-HIV chemical constituents of aerial parts of Caragana rosea / 药学学报

This study was intended to look for anti-HIV chemical constituents of aerial parts of Caragana rosea Turcz. Column chromatographic technique was used for the isolation and purification of constituents of Caragana rosea under the guide of anti-HIV assay. The structures were established on the basis of physical and chemical properties and spectroscopic data. Five compounds were obtained from the EtOAc fraction of aerial parts of Caragana rosea and identified as myricetin (1), mearnsetin (2), p-hydroxy cinnamic acid (3), cararosinol A (4) and cararosinol B (5). At the same time, one possible transformation route between cararosinol B and kobophenol A, another resveratrol tetramer isolated from this plant previously, was proposed. Compounds 4, 5 are new resveratrol tetramers, compounds 1 -3 were isolated from this plant for the first time. All compounds showed no activities in an in vitro assay against HIV-1.