De part ment of Pharmacognosy, Uni ver sity of Med i cal Sci ences in Poznań, 10 Sieroca, 61-771 Poznań, Po land Key words: A. littoralis L.; Chenopodiaceae; a new patuletin 3-O-[5'"-O-feruloyl-β-D-apiofuranosyl (1"'→2'')-β-D-glucopyranoside]
Ab stractA new ac ety lat ed flavonol glycoside: patuletin 3-O-[5'"-O-feruloyl-β-D-apiofuranosyl (1"'→2'')-β-D-glucopyra no side] (2), to gether with a known patuletin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) were iso lated from the ae rial part of Atriplex littoralis L. (Chenopodiaceae). Their structures were elu ci dated by acid hy dro ly sis and spec tro scopic meth ods in clud ing UV, 1 H, 13 C NMR and ESI-MS for both com pounds, ad di tion ally 2D-NMR, HSQC, HMBC ex per iments were per formed for 2.
In tro duc tionFlavonoids are one of the most in ter est ing groups of bi o log i cally ac tive nat u ral polyphenolic compounds. They are widely dis trib uted in plants and in plant-de rived bev er ages such as tea and wine. In plants they are in volved in pho to syn the sis as cat alysts of elec tron trans port and as reg u la tors of ion chan nels re lated to photophosphorylation (Havsteen 1983). These com pounds are re spon si ble for the colour ing in plants and are en gaged in a de fence sys tem against in fec tion. They play a def i nite role in attracting of an i mals for pol li na tion and are impor tant fac tors in the re sis tance of plant to in sect attack. The flavonoids ab sorb in 280-315 re gion and thus are ca pa ble of act ing as UV fil ters, thereby pro tect ing the un der ly ing photosynthetic tis sues from dam age (Harborne and Wil liams 2000).Their pres ence in the hu man diet ranges from 20 to 600 mg/day. Many es tab lished phar ma co log i cal effects of flavonoids are linked to their abil ity to act as strong an ti ox i dants, es pe cially by scav eng ing reac tive ox y gen spe cies, to che late met als, and to inter act with en zymes, adenosine re cep tors and biomembranes. Plant med i cines con tain ing flavonoids are used to treat dis or ders of the pe riph eral cir cu lation, and as antispasmodic, di uretic, anti-in flamma tory, and anti-al ler gic agents (Rice-Ev ans and Packer 1997).Up to now over 4000 flavonoids have been rec ognized. Most oc cur as glycosides of flavonols, flavones, flavanones, anthocyanidins and rarely isoflavones. Acyl O-and C-glycosyl flavonoids esterified with sinapic, ferulic, caffeic and p-coumaric ac ids, less of ten with ace tic, malonic acid, have already been iso lated from plant ma te rial (Albach et al. 2003, Imperato 1996, Cui et al.1992, Bylka et al. 2002.Atriplex littoralis L. (Chenopodiaceae) is a pe rennial herb na tive to Eu rope and Asia. It is a com mon weed, of ten oc cur ring on sa line and arid soil, like other spe cies from the ge nus Atriplex.Ear lier chem i cal anal y ses of the spe cies of the genus Atriplex showed the pres ence of sapo nins, al ka -393 ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM