Anti-Staphylococcal and Cytotoxic Compounds from Hyptis pectinata

Abstract

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a CHCl₃ extract prepared from the Mexican medicinal plant Hyptis pectinata led to the isolation of four pyrones, pectinolides A - C (1 - 3) and H (4). Activity was tracked using cultured KB cells. Multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were sensitive to pectinolide H (4; KB > 20 μg/mL) in the concentration range of 32 - 64 μg/mL. The absolute stereochemistry of this new compound was established as 5S-[(4S-acetyloxy)-(1S-hydroxy)-2Z-octenyl]-2(5H)-furanone on the basis of spectral, chiroptical data and chemical correlation with pectinolide A (1). Mosher ester derivatives were used with pectinolide B (2) for confirmation of the 3′-(S) absolute stereochemistry on the side chain chiral center of pectinolides A - C.

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