Chemical constituents of the leaves of butterbur (Petasites japonicus) and their anti-inflammatory effects

  • Jin Su Lee
  • , Miran Jeong
  • , Sangsu Park
  • , Seung Mok Ryu
  • , Jun Lee
  • , Ziteng Song
  • , Yuanqiang Guo
  • , Jung Hye Choi
  • , Dongho Lee*
  • , Dae Sik Jang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Two new aryltetralin lactone lignans, petasitesins A and B were isolated from the hot water extract of the leaves of butterbur (Petasites japonicus) along with six known compounds. The chemical structures of lignans 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic data, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) and vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra. Petasitesin A and cimicifugic acid D showed significant inhibitory effects on the production of both prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and NO in RAW264.7 macrophages. The expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were inhibited by compound 1 in RAW264.7 cells. Furthermore, compounds 1 and 3 exhibited strong affinities with both iNOS and COX-2 enzymes in molecular docking studies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number806
    JournalBiomolecules
    Volume9
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Funding: This research was supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET) through Agri-Bio Industry Technology Development Program, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), Republic of Korea (116044-1, 118046-03). This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea (NRF-2019R1A2C1083945).

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET) through Agri-Bio Industry Technology Development Program, funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), Republic of Korea (116044-1, 118046-03). This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea (NRF-2019R1A2C1083945).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

    Keywords

    • Anti-inflammation
    • Asteraceae
    • COX-2
    • INOS
    • Lignan
    • Molecular docking
    • NO
    • PGE2
    • Petasites japonicus

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology

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