OBJECTIVETo investigate flavonoids from Artocarpus hypargyreus.

METHODThe compounds were isolated by various chromatographic methods and identified by spectroscopic analysis.

RESULTTen compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as artohypaflavone (1), brosimone H (2), artonin A (3), artocarpin (4), artopetelin B (5), (-)-epiafzelechin (6), oxyresveratrol (7), (+)-afzelechin (8), (+)-catechin (9), and (+)-afzelechin-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (10).

CONCLUSIONCompound 1 is a new isoprenylated flavone, while compounds 2, 4-6, and 8 were isolated from this plant for the first time.

Artocarpus ; chemistry ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Flavonoids ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Molecular Structure

Two prenylated 2-arylbenzofurans were isolated from roots of Artocarpus heterophyllus, with a combination of various chromatographic approaches, including ODS, MCI, Sephadex LH-20, and semipreparative high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). They were identified as 5-[6-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5,7-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)benzofuran-2-yl]-1,3-benzenediol(1) and 5-[2H,9H-2,2,9,9-tetramethyl-furo[2,3-f]pyrano[2,3-h][1]benzopyran-6-yl]-1,3-benzenediol(2) with spectroscopic methods, such as HR-ESI-MS, IR, 1D NMR, and 2D NMR, and named artoheterins B(1) and C(2), respectively. The anti-respiratory burst activities of the two compounds were evaluated with rat polymorphonuclear neutrophils(PMNs) stimulated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate(PMA). The results showed that 1 and 2 exhibited significant inhibitory effect on respiratory burst of PMNs with IC_(50) values of 0.27 and 1.53 μmol·L~(-1), respectively.
Rats ; Animals ; Molecular Structure ; Artocarpus/chemistry* ; Plant Extracts/pharmacology* ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Plant Roots/chemistry*

In the present study, antioxidant activities of the fruits of A. heterophyllus, A. squamosa, T. bellirica, S. samarangense, A. carambola and O. europa were investigated. For this, at first matured fruits of them were sliced into small pieces and dried in the sun and finally crushed in a grinder to make powder. Ethanolic extracts of fruit powder were prepared using 99.99% ethanol. The antioxidative activities of these extracts were determined according to their abilities of scavenging 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical. It was demonstrated that all the ethanolic extracts of A. heterophyllus, A. squamosa, T. bellirica, S. samarangense, A. caranbola and O. europa showed antioxidant activities. The IC50 of the ethanolic extracts of A. heterophyllus, A. squamosa, T. bellirica, S. samarangense, A. carambola and O. europa were 410, 250, 34, 200, 30 and 76 microg/mL, respectively. Among them, A. carambola showed the highest antioxidant activities followed by T. bellirica, O. europa, S. samarangense, A. squamosa and A. heterophyllus indicating that fruits of A. carambola, T. bellirica and O. europa are very beneficial to human health.
Annona ; chemistry ; Antioxidants ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; Artocarpus ; chemistry ; Biphenyl Compounds ; chemistry ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Ethanol ; chemistry ; Fruit ; chemistry ; Magnoliopsida ; chemistry ; Olea ; chemistry ; Oxidation-Reduction ; drug effects ; Picrates ; chemistry ; Plant Extracts ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet ; Syzygium ; chemistry ; Terminalia ; chemistry