Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria.
Department of Chemistry , University of the Free State , PO Box 339, 9300 Bloemfontein , South Africa.
J Nat Prod. 2018 Mar 23;81(3):515-523. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00774. Epub 2018 Feb 2.
In an in vitro cytopathic effect inhibition assay with the H3N2 influenza virus A/Hong Kong/68 (HK/68), the bark extract of Burkea africana was found to be a promising antiviral lead with an IC value of 5.5 μg/mL without noteworthy cytotoxicity in Madin Darby canine kidney cells. After several chromatographic steps, triterpene saponins of the lupane and oleanane types were identified as the bioactive principles. In total, eight new triterpene saponins (1-8) with four so far undescribed aglycone structures were isolated and characterized via HRESIMS, GC-MS, and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Their anti-influenza virus activity on HK/68 and the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strain A/Jena/8178/09 revealed the most potent effects by compounds 7 and 8, with IC values between 0.05 and 0.27 μM. This is the first time triterpene saponins have been reported as constituents of the investigated plant material.
在一项采用 H3N2 流感病毒 A/Hong Kong/68(HK/68)的体外细胞病变抑制试验中,发现非洲吊灯树的树皮提取物是一种有前途的抗病毒先导化合物,在 Madin Darby 犬肾细胞中其 IC 值为 5.5 μg/mL,而细胞毒性不明显。经过多次色谱步骤,鉴定出具有羽扇豆烷和齐墩果烷类型的三萜皂苷为活性成分。总共分离并通过 HRESIMS、GC-MS 以及 1D 和 2D NMR 光谱鉴定出了 8 种新型三萜皂苷(1-8),其中有 4 种是迄今为止尚未描述的苷元结构。它们对 HK/68 和 2009 年大流行的 H1N1 株 A/Jena/8178/09 的抗流感病毒活性显示,化合物 7 和 8 的效果最强,IC 值在 0.05 和 0.27 μM 之间。这是首次报道三萜皂苷是所研究植物材料的成分。