Planta Med 2004; 70(1): 50-53
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815455
Original Paper
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Phenylpropanoid Glycosides from Orobanche caerulescens

Lie-Chwen Lin1 , Wen-Fei Chiou1 , Cheng-Jen Chou1
  • 1National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
We are grateful to the National Science Council, the Republic of China, for support of this research under Grant NSC 92-2320-B-077-008
Further Information

Publication History

Received: June 23, 2003

Accepted: October 18, 2003

Publication Date:
06 February 2004 (online)

Abstract

Two new phenylpropanoid glycosides, caerulescenoside (1), and 3′-methyl crenatoside (2), as well as five known phenylpropanoid glycosides [acteoside (3), isoacteoside (4), campneoside II (5), crenatoside (6), and desrhamnosyl acteoside (7)] were isolated from the whole plant of Orobanche caerulescens. The antioxidative effects of compounds 1 - 7 on human low-density lipoprotein were evaluated. All these compounds suppress concentration-dependently conjugated diene formation with IC50 values of 1.25 ± 0.06, 2.97 ± 0.31, 0.31 ± 0.01, 1.01 ± 0.05, 1.15 ± 0.04, 1.69 ± 0.15, and 0.64 ± 0.03 μM, respectively. Comparison of their antioxidative activities with that of resveratrol (IC50 : 6.75 ± 1.05 μM), a natural phenolic antioxidant isolated from grape, demonstrated that the prolonged effect on lag-time and the damping effect on oxidative rate by compounds 1 - 7 were all more potent.

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Dr. Lie-Chwen Lin

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