Anti-inflammatory Flavonoid C-Glycosides from Piper aduncum Leaves

Abstract

Four new compounds, acacetin 8-C-[β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranoside] (1), 7-methoxyacacetin 8-C-[β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-D-glucopyranoside] (2), 7-methoxyacacetin 8-C-[β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranoside] (3), and 4‴-O-acetylacacetin 8-C-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-β-D-glucopyranoside] (4), along with ten known compounds (5–14), were isolated from Piper aduncum leaves. The effects of these compounds on lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-12 p40, IL-6, and TNF-α in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells were evaluated. Compounds 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 11–13 inhibited the production of both IL-12 p40 and IL-6, with IC₅₀ values ranging from 0.35 ± 0.01 to 1.40 ± 0.04 µM and 1.22 ± 0.02 to 3.79 ± 0.10 µM, respectively. Compounds 5 and 10 only showed strong inhibition effects on the production of IL-12 p40, with IC₅₀ values of 2.76 ± 0.08 and 0.39 ± 0.05 µM, respectively. However, all compounds showed weak activity or no activity on TNF-α production at the tested concentrations.

Key words

Piper aduncum - Piperaceae - Flavonoid C-glycoside - IL-12 p40 - IL-6 - TNF-α - LPS

^* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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