title: 2'-Hydroxymatteucinol, a new C-methyl flavanone derivative from Matteccia orientalis; potent hypoglycemic activity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat.
abstract: The CHCl3 extract of Matteccia orientalis showed very strong hypoglycemic activity in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. A new C-methyl flavanone derivative, 2'-hydroxymatteucinol (3) was isolated from the hypoglycemic activity bearing fraction, along with two known compounds, demethoxymatteucinol (1) and matteucinol (2). The structures of these isolated compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. One of the compounds isolated from CHCl3 extract, 2'-hydroxymatteucinol (3), showed dose-dependent hypoglycemic activity, and a blood sugar lowering effect was observed even at the dose of 10 mg/kg (p.o.) in STZ-induced diabetic rats.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Traditional Sino-Japanese Medicines), Tayama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basnet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: H X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; C085277:2'-hydroxymatteucinol; D013311:Streptozocin