Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2012;2(6):598–601

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE C-glycosylflavones from the leaves of tectorum Maxim.

Yuhan Maa,b,c, Huan Lid, Binbin Lina,b, Guokai Wanga,b, Minjian Qina,b,n aDepartment of Resources Science of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China bState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China cR&D Department of Honghui Medical Com. Ltd., Nanjing 210009, China dDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of North China Petroleum Administration Bureau, Renqiu 062552, China

Received 12 June 2012; revised 29 August 2012; accepted 25 September 2012

0 000 KEY WORDS Abstract AnewC-glycosylflavone, 5-hydroxyl-4 ,7-dimethoxyflavone-6-C-[O-(a-L-3 -acetylrhamno- 0 pyranosyl)-1-2-b-D-glucopyranoside] (1), along with five known C-glycosylflavones, 5-hydroxy-4 ,7- Iris tectorum; 000 - ; dimethoxyflavone-6-C-[O-(a-L-2 -acetylrhamnopyranosyl)-1 2-b-D-glucopyranoside] (2), embinin (3), C-glycosylflavones; embigenin (4), swertisin (5) and swertiajaponin (6) were isolated from the leaves of Iris tectorum Maxim. Cytotoxic activities Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive NMR experiments and spectral methods and their cytotoxic activities against A549 (lung cancer) human cell lines were determined.

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1. Introduction rhamno-glucosyl radical. The 1Hand13C NMR spectra of 1 also exhibited characteristic signals for a flavonoid with two sugar Iris tectorum Maxim. is a perennial herb widely distributed in moieties. The 1HNMRspectrumof1 (Table 1) showed the 0 0 China.Itsrhizomeswererecordedasamedicineinthefirst signals for an AA BB coupling system at dH 8.10 (2H, d, Chinese monograph on herbal medicines (Shen Nong Ben Cao J¼9.0 Hz, H-20,60) and 7.13 (2H, d, J¼9.0 Hz, H-30,50) Jing).Nowitisusedtotreatinflammationandthroatdisorders1, indicating the substitution of the B-ring at the 40-positions and and is used in traditional Japanese medicine as an emetic and a two aromatic singlet signals at dH 6.90 (1H, s, H-8) and laxative2. Previous phytochemical investigations on Iris 6.96 (1H, s, H-3) were assigned to H-3 and H-8 by HSQC and were mainly focused on the and showed that isoflavo- HMBC spectra. This spectrum also revealed a phenolic hydroxyl 3,4 noids were the characteristic compounds of this structure . group at dH 13.44 (1H, s, –OH) and two methoxy groups at dH Several phytochemical studies on Iris petals and leaves indicated 3.87 (3H, s) and 3.90 (3H, s). As it appeared that there was no that the constituents were different from that of the rhizomes, and correlation between signals at dH 6.90 (H-8) and dH 13.44 (–OH) also found that they were abundant in C-glycosylflavones and in the ROESY spectrum of 1, and the chemical shift of the xanthone glycosides5–7.InGuizhouandHunanProvincein hydroxyl group was at down field, it implied that the hydroxyl China, the leaves of I. tectorum have been used as a folk medicine group was at the 5-position of the aglycone. Therefore, the for the treatment of rheumatism8.Inthispaper,wereporta aglycone of 1 was determined as 7, 40-di-O-methylapigenin. With phytochemical investigation of the leaves of I. tectorum regard to the sugar groups of 1,twosignalsatdH 4.71 (d, 1H, and describe the isolation and identification of a new C- J¼10.0 Hz) and 5.11 (d, 1H, J¼5.5 Hz) were assigned to glycosylflavone (Fig. 1) along with five known C-glyco- anomeric protons of two sugar units. In the 13C NMR spectrum, sylflavones. Their structures were determined to be 5-hydroxyl- signals at dC 70.9 and 96.9 indicated a C-linked glycone and an 0 000 4 ,7-dimethoxyflavone-6-C-[O-(a-L-3 -acetylrhamnopyranosyl)- O-linked glycone. A signal at dH 1.97 (s, 3H) represents an 0 1-2-b-D-glucopyranoside] (1), 5-hydroxy-4 ,7-dimethoxyflavone- acetoxyl group. The NMR assignment suggested 1 possessed a 000 6-C-[O-(a-L-2 -acetylrhamnopyranosyl)-1-2-b-D-glucopyra- rhamnosyl group which showed a doublet signal at dH 0.53, 9 10,11 11 12 000 noside] (2) ,embinin(3) , embigenin (4) , swertisin (5) and representing the deoxy group at C (6 ). The L-rhamnosyl group swertiajaponin (6)13. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds configuration was determined via GC analysis of chemical against A549 (lung cancer) human cell lines were also evaluated. derivatives obtained by acid hydrolysis and the same derivative 1 13 of standard L-rhamnose. From above, the Hand CNMR spectra of 1 were similar to the known C-glycosylflavone, embinin 2. Results and discussion (3), which had been reported recently in the leaves of I. lactea Pall. var. chinensis (Fisch.) Koidz.15. The acid hydrolysis product Compound 1 was obtained as a light yellow amorphous powder. of 1 afterlossofarhamnosewasdeterminedtobeembigenin, Its UV spectrum showed absorption maxima at 218 (sh), 273 and which indicated 1 possessed the b-D-glucosyl moiety. It was 14 00 336 nm, which was characteristic of a flavone derivative .TheIR further confirmed by the correlations between H-1 (dH 4.71), 1 00 00 spectrum implied the presence of hydroxyl (3414 cm ), conju- H-3 (dH 3.40) and H-5 (dH 3.15) in the ROESY spectrum. 1 gated carbonyl (1704, 1654 cm ), and aromatic C¼C groups Furthermore, the HMBC spectrum showed cross peaks at dH 1 00 00 (1606, 1491, 1446 cm )andapara-substitution in a benzene ring 4.71 (H-1 )/dC 109.9 (C-6), dH 4.71 (H-1 )/ 159.2 (C-5) and dH 1 000 00 (832 cm ). The HR-TOF-MS displayed a deprotonated mole- 5.11 (H-1 )/dC 73.9 (C-2 ), which indicated the presence of sugar 00 000 cular ion at m/z 647.1958 [M-H] (Calcd. 647.1981), suggesting a residues at C-6 and C-2 , respectively. Also, the H-3 (dH 4.37) n molecular formula of C31H36O15.HPLC-ESI-MS analysis showed an HMBC interaction with C (CH3CO–) (dC 169.9), (negative mode) ion trap MS/MS of m/z 647 [M-H] generated a which confirmed the position of the acetoxyl group. According series of fragments at m/z 605 [(M-H)–42] (acetyl), 459[(M-H) – to the above data and analysis, compound 1 was deduced as 0 000 42–146] (acetylrhamnose), 339 [(M-H) – 188–120] (C-glycosyl), 5-hydroxyl-4 , 7-dimethoxyflavone-6-C-[O-(a-L-3 -acetylrhamno- that suggested that the compound may have a acetyl group and a pyranosyl)-1-2–b-D-glucopyranoside (Fig. 2). We found that 1 was present as two conformational isomers in DMSO-d6, a common solution rotamer phenomenon of flavone C-glycosides. In this case, most of the aromatic and sugar signals in 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of 1 appeared as duplicated sets. In Table 1, the NMR signals set of the superior rotamer is displayed in the left row and that of the minor rotamer in the right row. The relative proportion of the superior rotamer to the minor rotamer was about 2:1. The rotamer phenomenon may be attributed to restricted rota- tion about the C-6-C-100 bond12,16. The impact of temperature on the rotational equilibrium of some flavone C-glycosides has been also reported by several other authors17,18. To determine the reason for the presence of two rotamers of compound 1 and the other C-glycosylflavones will require further research. The structures of the known compounds (2–6) were eluci- dated by comparison of their IR spectral and NMR data with the published literature. The cytotoxic activity of these compounds against Figure 1 The structure of compound 1. A549 (lung cancer) human cell lines was evaluated using the 600 Yuhan Ma et al.

1 13 Table 1 H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6), C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d6) data of compound 1 and the key HMBC correlations.

Position 1H 13CHMBC

2 163.3 3 6.96, 6.97 (s) 103.6, 103.8 4 181.4, 182.3 5 159.2 4.71 6 109.9, 109.6 4.71, 4.35 7 162.4 4.71, 3.87 8 6.90, 6.87 (s) 91.3 9 156.9, 157.0 10 104.8 10 122.5, 122.6 20,60 8.10, 8.08 (dd, J¼9 Hz, 2 Hz) 128.3 30,50 7.13 (d, J¼9 Hz) 114.6 40 163.3 3.90 100 4.71, 4.70 (d, J¼10 Hz) 70.9 3.40, 3.15, 4.35 200 4.35, 4.42 (m) 73.9 5.11 300 3.40, 3.41 (m) 79 400 3.10 (m) 70.8 500 3.15, 3.17 (m) 81.4, 81.5 600 3.36, 3.37 (m) 61.6 1000 5.11 (d, J¼5.5 Hz) 96.9 4.35 2000 4.90, 4.92 (m) 70.6 3000 4.37, 4.45 (t, J¼10 Hz) 74.1 169.9 4000 3.08 (m) 68.5 5000 2.20, 2.40 (m) 68.2 5.11, 0.53, 4.37 6000 0.53, 0.58 (d, J¼6.0 Hz) 17.3, 17.8

7–OCH3 3.87 (s) 55.6 0 4 –OCH3 3.90, 3.91 (s) 56.3, 56.5 –OCOCH3 1.96 (s) 21.1 –OCO 169.9 4.37 –OH 13.44 (s)

3. Experimental OCH3

H CO O 3.1. General procedure HO 3

O UV spectra were acquired on a Shimadzu UV-2450 Spectro- OH photometer. IR spectra were determined by a Nicolet Impact- 410 Spectrophotometer with KBr disks. NMR spectra were OH O OH recorded on a Bruker ACF-500 spectrometer (500 MHz for 1H and 125 MHz for 13C) with TMS as internal standard. The OH O O mass spectra of compounds were determined on an ABI- CH3 Mariner Agilent 1100 MSD Trap (ESI-TOF-MS). GC spectra were obtained on an Agilent Technologies 7820A GC system (Santa Clara, USA). For column chromatography, silica gel O OH (100–200 mesh, 200–300 mesh) was obtained from Qingdao H3C C Marine Chemical Co. and Sephadex LH-20 was from O HMBC ROESY Pharmacia.

Figure 2 Key correlations of compound 1.

MTT colorimetric assay19.Compounds1 and 5 exhibited 3.2. material moderate activity with IC50 values of 63.9 and 47.3 mM, respectively. The other compounds showed weak cytotoxic The leaves of I. tectorum Maxim. were collected from the activity with IC50 values larger than 100 mM. Since C- campus of China Pharmaceutical University in Nanjing, China. glycosylflavones are very rich in the leaves of I. tectorum The plant was identified by Dr. Minjian Qin and a voucher Maxim., further investigation of their bioactivities and its specimen (No. ITM20090705) was deposited in the Herbarium targets is warranted. of Medicinal Plants of China Pharmaceutical University. C-glycosylflavones from the leaves of Iris tectorum Maxim. 601

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