The influenza pandemic continues to threaten public health due to its high morbidity and mortality rates, despite some successes in antiviral research. Natural drugs are important alternative therapies in the treatment of and recovery from influenza and have been the subjects of intense investigation during the last few decades. Many
Lycoplanine A (1), a Lycopodium alkaloid with a 6/9/5 tricyclic ring skeleton fused with the γ-lactone ring and featuring an unusual 1-oxa-6-azaspiro[4.4]nonane moiety and an unprecedented 3-azabicyclo[6.3.1]dodecane unit, was isolated from the club moss Lycopodium complanatum. The structure and absolute configuration of 1 were identified by a combination of NMR spectroscopic analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Biological studies showed that 1 is a potent Ca3.1 T-type calcium channel (TTCC) inhibitor with an IC value of 6.06 μM.
The phytochemical investigation of the roots of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant Sophora flavescens led to the isolation of two novel prenylflavonoids with an unusual cyclohexyl substituent instead of the common aromatic ring B, named 4′,4′-dimethoxy-sophvein (17) and sophvein-4′-one (18), and 34 known compounds (1–16, 19–36). The structures of these chemical compounds were determined by spectroscopic techniques, including 1D-, 2D-NMR, and HRESIMS data. Furthermore, evaluations of nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitory activity against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated RAW264.7 cells indicated that some compounds exhibited obvious inhibition effects, with IC50 ranged from 4.6 ± 1.1 to 14.4 ± 0.4 μM. Moreover, additional research demonstrated that some compounds inhibited the growth of HepG2 cells, with an IC50 ranging from 0.46 ± 0.1 to 48.6 ± 0.8 μM. These results suggest that flavonoid derivatives from the roots of S. flavescens can be used as a latent source of antiproliferative or anti-inflammatory agents.
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