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A new Annonaceous acetogenin, xymarginatin (1), was isolated from the twigs of Xyliopia emarginata Mart. (Annonaceae) by bioactivity-directed fractionation using lethality to brine shrimp. The compound 1 represents a linear C-35 Annonaceous acetogenin, lacking either tetrahydrofuran (THF) or epoxide rings, bearing a keto group at C-10, and possessing two cis-double bonds separated by two methylenes units. The structure of 1 was elucidated by ¹H and 13C-NMR, COSY, HMBC, HMQC and HRMS. The ability to inhibit the mitochondrial respiratory chain of Xymarginatin (1) was tested in a rat liver mitochondrial oxygen uptake assay, with IC50 value of 1720 nM; Rotenone as a positive control gave IC50 34.8 nM. The toxicity of compound 1 against Artemia salina Leach gave LC50 of 127 μg/mL.
Uma nova acetogenina de Anonaceae, xymarginatin (1), foi isolada dos caules de Xyliopia emarginata Mart. (Annonaceae) por fracionamento biodirecionado usando o teste de letalidade em Artemia salina. A substância 1 representa uma acetogenina linear C-35, sema neis tetrahidrofureano ou epóxidos, mas com um grupo cetônico em C-10 e com uma dupla ligação cis separada por duas unidades metilênicas. A estrutura de 1 foi elucidada por ¹H e 13C-RNM, COSY, HMBC, HMQC e HRMS. A habilidade de inibir a cadeia respiratória mitocondrial de 1 foi testada em ensaios de produção de oxigênio mitocondrial em fígado de ratos, com IC50 de 1720 nM; rotenona, controle positivo, apresentou IC50 de 34,8 nM. A toxicidade da substância 1 contra Artemia salina Leach foi de LC50 127 μg/mL.
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Several species of Ferula genus have been used in folk medicine in digestive disorders, rheumatism, headache, arthritis, and as tranquilizers, antispasmodic and aphrodisiac. From the dry and powdered roots of Ferula hermonis Boiss was extracted the oxygenated sesquiterpene 1,5-trans-daucane type: ferutinine (1). The structure of (1) was established by spectroscopic methods as: IR, (1)H RMN, (13)C RMN, COSY, HMBC, HMQC, NOESY, EIMS, and CIMS. The possible signaling pathway of ferutinin (1) in nervous tissue in vitro was assessed and the results showed that this compound is able to increase nitric oxide synthase activity and inositol monophosphate accumulation (49%, each) in the median eminence of the rat brain, suggesting that compound (1) is associated to the activation of phosphoinositide breakdown and nitric oxide production (NO), the last is a gaseous intercellular messenger known to play a broad role in human biology from homeostasis to pathology.
