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Abstract
In bioassay-directed isolation from the whole plant of Ardisia japonica, sixteen known compounds: chrysophanol (1), physcion (2), oleanolic acid (3), euscaphic acid (4), tormentic acid (5), quercetin (6), quercitrin (7), myricitrin (8), kaempferol 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (9), cyclamiretin A 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→4)-β-d-glucopyranosyl(1→2)-[β-d-glucopyranosyl(1→4)]-α-l-arabinopyranoside (10), (7E)-9-hydroxymegastigma-4, 7-dien-3-on-9-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (11), bergenin (12), norbergenin (13), rutin (14), kaempferol 3,7-O-α-l-dirhamnopyranoside (15), (−)-epigallacatechin 3-O-gallate (16) were obtained. Compounds 1–5, 9, 11 and 14–16 have not been reported previously from this plant. Among these isolates, 2, 3, 6 and 12 showed moderate bioactivity against PTP1B in vitro with IC50 values of 121.50, 23.90, 28.12 and 157 μM, respectively.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Professor Zhong-Yin Zhang (Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA) for providing the plasmid of PTPIB. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China (30100229) and the Science and Technology Development Fund of Shanghai, China (01QB14051), and these supports are gratefully acknowledged.