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. 2021 Nov 30;12:768268. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.768268

TABLE 1.

The compounds isolated to date from P. ecklonii Benth.

Isolated compounds IUPAC name and CID number Isolation and/or identification methods Biological Activity a Solvent extractor/plant part(s) Ref.
Terpenes and sterols
Diterpenes Parviflorone D (1) 11-hydroxy-2α-(4-hydroxybenzoyloxy)-abieta-5,7,9(11),13-tetraene-12-one (1) [101967011] MS + NMR Antibacterial DCM:EtAc Gurlal (2005)
NMR Antiplasmodic DCM/ap Van Zyl et al. (2008)
EtAc/ap Nyila et al. (2009), Nyila et al. (2012)
MS + NMR Antibacterial Acetone/wp Simões et al. (2010)
Antitumour Acetone Martens and Mithöfer (2005), Ozgen et al. (2008), Falé et al. (2009), Bhatt et al. (2013), Kumar and Pandey, (2013), Petersen (2013), Burmistrova et al. (2015), Andrade et al. (2018), Costa et al. (2018), Sitarek et al., (2020), Śliwiński et al. (2020)
Antioxidant Wellsow et al. (2006)
- Enzyme inhibition - (Nyila et al., 2009; Dai and Mumper, 2010)
Parviflorone F (2) 11-hydroxy-2α-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyloxy)-abieta-5,7,9(11),13-tetraene-12-one (2) [10389067] NMR N/A Ether/ap Uchida et al. (1980)
Antiplasmodic DCM/ap van Zyl et al. (2007), Van Zyl et al., (2008)
Antibacterial EtAc/ap (Nyila et al., 2009; Nyila, 2010)
NMR Antitumour EtAc/ap Nyila et al. (2009)
- Antioxidant - Narukawa et al. (2001)
- Enzyme inhibition - Nyila et al. (2009), Dai and Mumper, (2010)
Parviflorone E (3) 11-Hydroxy-19-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyloxy)-abieta-5,7,9(11),13-tetraene-12-one (3) [10366501] NMR Antiplasmodic ap Van Zyl et al. (2008)
HPLC-DAD/MS Anticariogenic Metanol/ap Figueiredo et al. (2014)
- Antioxidant - Narukawa et al. (2001)
Sugiol(4) 12-hydroxyabieta-8,11,13-trien-7-one (4) [94162] MS + NMR Antibacterial, antiplasmodic Acetone/wp van Zyl et al., (2007), Simões et al., (2010)
Antioxidant Chao et al. (2005), Bajpai et al. (2014)
Antiinflammatory Chao et al. (2005)
Antitumoral Son et al. (2005)
Triterpenes Mix of Ursolic acid (5) and Oleanolic acid (6) 3β-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid (5) [64945] Antiinflammatory (5) Antibacterial, antiviral, antiplasmodic (5 and 6), Antitumoral Andersson et al. (2003), Checker et al. (2012)
3β-hydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid (6) [10494]
Sterols Mix of ß-sitosterol (7) and Stigmasterol (8) 3β-stigmast-5-en-3-ol (7) [222284] Antibacterial Liu et al. (2019)
stigmasta-5,22(E)-dien-3ß-ol (8) [5280794]
Phenolic compounds
Hydroxyccinamic acids Caffeic acid (9) 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid (10) [689043] NMR Antimicrobial Methanol:Water/ap Hawas et al. (2008)
HPLC-DAD Antioxidant, enzyme inhibition Water (decoction) Gomes et al. (2012)
- Antiinflammatory - Da Cunha et al. (2004), Gamaro et al. (2011), Yang et al. (2013)
- Antitumoral - Hawas et al. (2008), Gomes et al. (2012)
Caffeic acid derivatives
Rosmarinic acid (10) 3,4-Dihydroxycinnamic acid (R)-1-carboxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl ester (10) [5281792] N/A Antibacterial Water (decoction)/ap Figueiredo et al. (2010)
HPLC-DAD Antioxidant, enzyme inhibition Water (decoction) Falé et al. (2009), Gomes et al. (2012)
- Antiinflammatory Gamaro et al. (2011)
- Antitumoral Figueiredo et al. (2010)
Nepetoidin A (11) (Z,E)-[2-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)ethenyl] 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoate (11) [5316820] HPLC-DAD/NMR Anticariogenic Methanol/ap Figueiredo et al. (2014)
Antifungal and antioxidant Diethyl ether/ap Grayer et al. (2003)
Nepetoidin B (12) (Z,E)-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethenyl] 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoate (12) [5316819] Anti-inflammatory (11 and 12) - Grayer et al. (2003)
Chlorogenic acid (13) 5-O-cafeoilquinic acid (13) [1794427] HPLC-DAD Antioxidant, enzyme inhibition Water (decoction) Gomes et al. (2012)
Flavones Apigenin (19) 4’,5,7-trihydroxyflavone (19) [5280443] NMR Antimicrobial Methanol:Water/ap Hawas et al. (2008)
HPLC/LC-MS N/A Diethyl ether/ap Grayer et al. (2010)
No information provided Antiplasmodic - Lehane and Saliba, (2008)
- Antioxidant - Velioglu et al. (1998), Pietta (2000)
- Anti-inflammatory - Nakanishi et al. (1990), Hirano et al., (2004), Kim et al. (2004), Choi et al. (2014), Lago et al. (2014)
- Antitumoral - Wu et al. (2014)
Apigenin derivatives
Apigetrin (15) apigenin 7-O-β-glucoside (15) [5280704] NMR Antimicrobial Methanol:Water/ap Hawas et al. (2008)
Apigenin 4',6-dimethoxy -7-O-β-glucoside (16) apigenin 4',6-dimethoxy-7-O-β-glucoside (16) [44257792]
Vitexin (17) Apigenin-8-C-glucoside (17) [5280441] - Antioxidant - Borghi et al. (2013)
Isovitexin (18) Apigenin-6-C-glucoside (18) [162350] NMR Antimicrobial Methanol:Water/ap Lin et al. (2002), Choi et al. (2014)
Luteolin (19) 3′,4′,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone (19) [5280445] - Anti-inflammatory - Kim et al. (1999), Lin et al. (2008), Chen et al. (2014)
- Antitumoral - Lin et al. (2008)
Cynaroside (20) luteolin 7-O-glucoside (20) [5280637] NMR Antimicrobial, antioxidant Methanol:Water/ap Hawas et al. (2008)
Odontuya et al. (2005)
Cirsiol (21) 6-Hydroxyluteolin 6,7-dimethyl ether (21) [160237] - Antitumoral (acts as radiosensitizer) - Kang et al. (2013)
Genkwanin (22) 4',5-Dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone (22) [5281617] HPLC/LC-MS N/A Diethyl ether/ap Grayer et al. (2010)
Ladanein (23) scutellarein-5,7,4’-trimethyl ether (23) [3084066]
Salvigenin (24) Scutellarein 6,7,4’-trimethylether (24) [161271] Antioxidant Grayer et al. (2010)
Cirsimaritin (25) Scutellarein 6,7-dimethylether (25) [188323] N/A Grayer et al. (2010)
Flavanone 2(S)-4',5-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyflavanone (26) 2(S)-4',5-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyflavanone (26) [14078484] NMR Ether/ap Uchida et al. (1980)
Quinones
Ecklonoquinone A (27) [4,6-dimethyl-7,8-dioxo-1,9-di(propan-2-yl)dibenzo-p-dioxin-2-yl] 3-methylbutanoate (27) [21576878] NMR N/A Ether/ap Uchida et al. (1980)
Ecklonoquinone B (28) [4,9-Dimethyl-7,8-dioxo-1,6-di(propan-2-yl)dibenzo-p-dioxin-2-yl] 3-methylbutanoate (28) [21576879]

N/A, Not Applicable; ap, aerial parts (leaves); wp, the whole plant.

HPLC, High performance liquid chromatography; LC-MS, Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

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Biological activity presented in table is related to the compound (can be isolated from P. ecklonii and other species)