Chemical constituents from Zanthoxylum avicennae and their antibacterial activities
AIM To study the chemical consitituents from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC.and their antibacterial activities.METHODS The 95% ethanol extract from Z.avicennae was isolated and purified by silica gel,Sephadex LH-20,ODS,TLC and semi-preparative HPLC,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.Microdilution broth method was employed to the antibacterial activities of the compounds on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).RESULTS Fifteen compounds were isolated and identified as friedelin (1),linoleic glyceride (2),b-friedoolean-5-ene-3-β-ol (3),(±)-balanophonin (4),(10E,12Z)-9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acid ethyl ester (5),(9Z,12Z,14E)-16-hydroxy-9,12,14-octadecatrienoic acid ethyl ester (6),(S)-24-ergost-4-en-3-one (7),24-propylcholesterol (8),avicennol ethyl ether (9),hydroxytyrosol (10),6,7-dimethylcoumarin (11),(R)-(-)-mellein methyl ether (12),(-)-columbianetin (13),avicennol methyl ether (14),(Z)-avicennone (15).The MIC values of compounds 3,5,9,14-15 were 250μg/mL,the MIC values of compounds 1-2,4,6-8 were 125 μg/mL,and the MIC value of compound 13 was 31.25 μg/mL.CONCLUSION Compounds 1-6 are isolated from genus Zanthoxylum for the first time.Compounds 7-13 are isolated from this plant for the first time.In addition,the carbon spectrum data of compounds 9and 14 are reported for the first time.Compounds 1-9 and 13-15 have antibacterial activities,and compound 13 has strong antibacterial activity.
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