title: Antioxidant chalcone glycosides and flavanones from Maclura (Chlorophora) tinctoria.
abstract: Four chalcone glycosides (1-4), including three new natural products, and three flavanones (5-7) were isolated from the methanol extract of stem bark of Maclura tinctoria. The new compounds have been characterized as 4'-O-beta-D-(2' '-p-coumaroyl)glucopyranosyl-4,2',3'-trihydroxychalcone (1), 4'-O-beta-D-(2' '-p-coumaroyl-6' '-acetyl)glucopyranosyl-4,2',3'-trihydroxychalcone (2), and 3'-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-4,2'-dihydroxychalcone (3); the known derivatives were elucidated as 4'-O-beta-D-(2' '-acetyl-6' '-cinnamoyl)glucopyranosyl-4,2',3'-trihydroxychalcone (4), eriodictyol 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5), naringenin (6), and naringenin 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (7). Their structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR and ESIMS. The antioxidant activity of all the isolated compounds was determined by measuring free-radical-scavenging effects using two different assays, namely, the Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity (TEAC) assay and the coupled oxidation of beta-carotene and linoleic acid (autoxidation assay). The results showed that compound 3 was the most active in both antioxidant assays.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cioffi
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morales Escobar
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braca
authors.forename: Nunziatina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Tommasi
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001838:Bolivia; D002599:Chalcone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D044950:Flavanones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D031624:Maclura / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D044950:Flavanones; D006027:Glycosides; D019207:beta Carotene; D002599:Chalcone