Chemical constituents and anti-inflammatory activity of Pimpinella candolleana(Ⅱ)
This study aims to explore the chemical constituents and anti-inflammatory activities of extracts from Pimpinella candolleana.The 70%ethanol extract from P.candolleana were isolated by different chromatographic procedures including silica gel,ODS gel,D101 macroporous resin and MCI resin column.The structures of the compounds were identified by com-paring the spectral data with the literature.Their potential anti-inflammatory effects were evaluated on murine macrophage cell line(RAW 264.7)stimulated by lipopolysaccharide(LPS).Twenty-five compounds were isolated and identified as 1-hy-droxy-2,3,4,7-tetramethoxyxanthone(1),1-hydroxy-2,3,4,6-tetramethoxyxanthone(2),bellidifolin(3),desmethylbellidifo-lin(4),swertianolin(5),swertiajaponin(6),isoswertiajaponin(7),luteolin-7-O-β-D-rutinoside(8),luteolin-7-O-β-D-gluco-pyranosyl-(1→6)-[6'''-O-caffeoyl]-β-D-glucopyranoside(9),luteolin-4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(10),luteolin-6-C-β-L-fu-coside(11),orientin(12),isoorientin(13),quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(14),apigenin(15),quercetin-3-O-β-D-(6"-caffeoylgalactoside)(16),tricin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(17),puerarin(18),vitexin(19),ombuin-3-O-β-D-glucopyrano-side(20),ombuin-3-O-β-D-galacopyranoside(21),rhamnetin-3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside(22),rhamnetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyr-anoside(23),isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(24),chrysoeriol-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(25).Compounds 13-15 were firstly isolated from this plant.Furthermore,compounds 1-12,16-25 were isolated from the genus Pimpinella for the first time.The results of bioassay showed that compounds 1-3,6-10,12-15,17-20,23,25 exhibited different degrees of inhibitory effect against NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells and displayed potential anti-inflammatory activity.