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Anti-influenza triterpenoid saponins (saikosaponins) from the roots of Bupleurum marginatum var. stenophyllum

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2017 Apr 15;27(8):1654-1659. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.03.015.
Wei Fang 1 Yin-Jun Yang 1 Bao-Lin Guo 2 Shan Cen 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China.
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: guobaolin010@163.com.
  • 3 Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
Abstract

This study to investigate Antiviral components from the roots of Bupleurum marginatum var. stenophyllum led to the isolation of five novel saikosaponins, namely 6″-O-crotonyl-saikosaponin a (1), tibesaikosaponin I (2), tibesaikosaponin II (3), tibesaikosaponin III (4), tibesaikosaponin IV (5), along with 9 known analogues (6-14). Their structures were established by spectral data analyses (IR, MS, 1D and 2D NMR) and by comparison of spectral data with those of the related known compounds. Antiviral testing of all compounds against influenza A virus A/WSN/33 (H1N1) in 293TGluc cells showed that nepasaikosaponin k (12), saikosaponin n (13) and saikosaponin h (14) behaved more potent inhibitory activity and selectivity than the positive control, Ribavirin. The preliminary structure-activity relationship studies suggest that the 13, 28-epoxy group, the type of sugar chain and the type of olefinic bonds are significant for Antiviral activity and selectivity.

Keywords

Anti-influenza; Bupleurum marginatum var. stenophyllum; Saikosaponins.

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