New Phenolic Dimers from Plant IPaeonia suffruticosa/I and Their Cytotoxicity and NO Production Inhibition

The Paeonia suffruticosa, known as ‘Feng Dan’, has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine. In our chemical investigation on the root bark of the plant, five new phenolic dimers, namely, paeobenzofuranones A–E (1–5), were characterized. Their structures were determined using...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-06, Vol.28 (12)
Main Authors: Meng, Qianqian, Tong, Shunyao, Zhao, Yuqing, Peng, Xingrong, Li, Zhenghui, Feng, Tao, Liu, Jikai
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Language:English
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Summary:The Paeonia suffruticosa, known as ‘Feng Dan’, has been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine. In our chemical investigation on the root bark of the plant, five new phenolic dimers, namely, paeobenzofuranones A–E (1–5), were characterized. Their structures were determined using spectroscopic analysis including 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, UV, and IR, as well as ECD calculations. Compounds 2, 4, and 5 showed cytotoxicity against three human cancer cell lines, with IC[sub.50] values ranging from 6.7 to 25.1 μM. Compounds 1 and 2 showed certain inhibitory activity on NO production. To the best of our knowledge, the benzofuranone dimers and their cytotoxicity of P. suffruticosa are reported for the first time in this paper.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules28124590