Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi, India.
Nat Prod Res. 2010 Nov;24(18):1671-80. doi: 10.1080/14786410802280976.
The whole plant of Marrubium vulgare L. afforded a new terpenoid, characterised as p-menthane-5,6-dihydroxy-3-carboxylic acid (1), which has been designated as marrubic acid. Its structure has been elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical analyses. The compound (1) also exhibited a significant antihepatotoxic activity by reducing the elevated levels of serum enzymes such as serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) by 40.16%, serum glutamate pyruvate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGPT) by 35.06%, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) by 30.51%. On the other hand, total protein (TP) levels were increased by 34.07%, as compared to the standard drug silymarin, which decreased SGOT by 53.04%, SGPT by 55.96%, ALP by 35.87% and increased TP levels by 59.59%. These biochemical observations were also supplemented by histopathological examinations of liver sections.
全株筋骨草(Marrubium vulgare L.)得到了一种新的萜类化合物,被鉴定为 p-薄荷烷-5,6-二羟基-3-羧酸(1),其被命名为筋骨草酸。其结构是基于光谱和化学分析确定的。化合物(1)还通过降低血清谷氨酸草酰乙酸转氨酶(SGOT)升高水平的 40.16%、血清谷氨酸丙酮酸转氨酶(SGPT)升高水平的 35.06%和碱性磷酸酶(ALP)升高水平的 30.51%,表现出显著的抗肝毒性活性。另一方面,与标准药物水飞蓟素相比,总蛋白(TP)水平增加了 34.07%,水飞蓟素降低了 SGOT 的 53.04%、SGPT 的 55.96%、ALP 的 35.87%和增加了 TP 水平的 59.59%。这些生化观察结果也得到了肝切片组织病理学检查的补充。