Three new quassinoids isolated from the wood of Picrasma javanica and their anti-Vpr activities

Prema, Chin Piow Wong, Takeshi Kodama, Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Ahmad H. El-Desoky, Maurice Ducret Awouafack, Yi Yi Win, Hla Ngwe, Ikuro Abe, Hiroshi Morita, Hiroyuki Morita*

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Abstract

Three new quassinoids, javanicinols A and B (1 and 2) and 4-keto-(16S)-methoxyjavanicin B (3), together with three known quassinoids (4–6) were isolated from the chloroform-soluble fraction of the methanol extract of the Picrasma javanica wood. The structures of 1–3 were determined by spectroscopic analyses, including 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, and CD. The anti-HIV-1 viral protein R (Vpr) assay revealed that 1 and 2 exhibited potent anti-Vpr activities at 1.25 μM. Furthermore, the assay also revealed the potent anti-Vpr activities of (16R)-methoxyjavanicin B (7) and (16S)-methoxyjavanicin B (8), which were previously isolated from the Picrasma javanica wood.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-578
Number of pages8
JournalNatural Medicines
Volume74
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020/06/01

Keywords

  • Picrasma javanica
  • Quassinoids
  • SAR
  • Viral protein R

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine

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