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  2. Catechin-Bound Ceanothane-Type Triterpenoid Derivatives from the Roots of Zizyphus jujuba

Catechin-Bound Ceanothane-Type Triterpenoid Derivatives from the Roots of Zizyphus jujuba

  • J Nat Prod. 2017 Apr 28;80(4):1048-1054. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01103.
Kyo Bin Kang 1 Hyun Woo Kim 1 Jung Wha Kim 1 Won Keun Oh 1 Jinwoong Kim 1 Sang Hyun Sung 1
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  • 1 College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University , Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Abstract

Three unprecedented ceanothane-type triterpenoids, ent-epicatechinoceanothic acid A (1), ent-epicatechinoceanothic acid B (2), and epicatechino-3-deoxyceanothetric acid A (3), containing C-C bond linkages with catechin moieties, were isolated from the roots of Zizyphus jujuba. Their chemical structures, including absolute configurations, were established by spectroscopic analysis and calculation of their ECD spectra. A possible biogenetic pathway for C-C bond formation between the catechin and the triterpenoid moieties is presented. Compound 1 was evaluated for its antiproliferative activity on HSC-T6 hepatic stellate cells.

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