Polyoxygenated seco-cyclohexenes derivatives from flower and leaf extracts of Desmos cochinchinensis and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activity

Abstract

Phytochemical investigations from the flower and leaf extracts of D. cochinchinensis resulted in the isolation and structural elucidation of five new polyoxygenated seco -cyclohexene derivatives, desmoscochinchinenes A-E ( 1 – 5 ), together with 11 known compounds ( 6 – 16 ). The structures on the new compounds were elucidated from their spectroscopic data, including UV, IR, NMR, and HRESITOFMS. Some of the isolated compounds were evaluated for their α -glucosidase inhibitory activities. Chrysin ( 9 ), pinocembrin 7- O -benzoate ( 12 ), and (−)-(5 R )-desmoscochinoxepinone B ( 16 ) inhibited α -glucosidase better than the standard control (acarbose, IC 50 = 83.5 μM) with IC 50 values of 5.7, 33.8, 53.3 μM, respectively.