Structure-antioxidant activity relationships of flavonoids isolated from different plant species

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Structure–antioxidantactivityrelationshipsofflavonoidsisolatedfromdifferentplantspecies

PaolaMontoroa,*,AlessandraBracab,CosimoPizzaa,NunziatinaDeTommasiaaDipartimentodiScienzeFarmaceutiche,Universita`diSalerno,ViaPonteDonMelillo,84084Fisciano(SA),Italy

bDipartimentodiChimicaBioorganicaeBiofarmacia,Universita`diPisa,ViaBonanno,33,56126Pisa,Italy

Received9December2003;receivedinrevisedform28July2004;accepted28July2004

AbstractInthecourseofourphytochemicalstudiesofdifferentplantsfromdevelopingcountriesweisolatedandstructurallycharacter-izedseveralflavonoidderivatives(compounds1–26),bothaglyconesandglycosides,typicalofthespeciesinvestigated.Theaimofthisstudywastoevaluatevarietiesofmedicinalplantsthatweregrowingindevelopingcountries,knownintraditionalmedicineasanti-inflammatoryremedies,withrespecttotheirflavonoidicisolatedconstituents,assumingthattheiranti-inflammatoryactivitycouldbeexplained,atleastinpart,bythepresenceofantioxidantprinciples.Theantioxidantactivitiesofcompounds1–26wereevaluatedbymeasuringtheirabilitytoscavengetheradicalcation2,20-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate)(ABTSÅ+)

andthesuperoxideanion,toinhibitb-caroteneoxidationinalipidmicellesystem,andtoinhibitxanthineoxidaseactivity,showingsomestructure–activityrelationships.Ó2004ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

Keywords:Flavonoids;Medicinalplants;Antioxidantactivity;Freeradicals

1.IntroductionFlavonoidsarenaturallyoccurringsubstancesinplantsthatarethoughttohavepositiveeffectsonhumanhealth.Studiesonflavonoidicderivativeshaveshownawiderangeofbiologicalactionssuchasantibacterial,antiviral,anti-inflammatory,anticancer,andantiallergicactivities(DiCarlo,Mascolo,Izzo,&Capasso,1999;Havsteen,1983).Togetherwiththeirbiologicalactivity,flavonoidsareimportantcomponentsinthehumandiet,althoughtheyaregenerallyconsideredasnon-nutrients.Sourcesofflavonoidsarefoods,beverages,differenther-

baldrugs,andrelatedphytomedicines(AislingAherne&OÕBrien,2002).Thescientificevidencethatplant-baseddiets,inparticularthoserichinvegetableandfruits,protectagainstcancerhasbeenfoundtobestrongandcon-sistentbyanexpertpanel(WorldCancerResearchFund,1997).Anumberofflavonoidshavebeenshowntosup-presscarcinogenesisinvariousanimalmodels(Yang,Landau,Huang,&Newmark,2001).Theantioxidantpropertyofflavonoidswasthefirstmechanismofac-tionstudied,inparticularwithregardtotheirprotec-tiveeffectagainstcardiovasculardiseases.Flavonoidshavebeenshowntobehighlyeffectivescavengersofmosttypesofoxidizingmolecules,includingsingletoxygenandvariousfreeradicals(Bravo,1998)thatareprobablyinvolvedinseveraldiseases.Mechanism

0308-8146/$-seefrontmatterÓ2004ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.07.028

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E-mailaddress:pmontoro@unisa.it(P.Montoro).

www.elsevier.com/locate/foodchemFoodChemistry92(2005)349–355FoodChemistryofantioxidantactioncanincludesuppressingreactive

oxygenspeciesformation,eitherbyinhibitionofen-zymesorbychelatingtraceelementsinvolvedinfree-radicalproduction,scavengingreactivespecies,andupregulatingorprotectingantioxidantdefences(vanAckeretal.,1996).Inthecourseofourphytochemicalandbiologicalstudiesonseveralplantsfromdevelopingcountriesweisolatedandstructurallycharacterizedseveralflavonoidderivatives,bothaglyconesandglycosides,belongingtodifferentchemicalclasses(flavones,flavanones,flavon-ols,anddihydroflavonols)(Bracaetal.,2003;DeSimoneetal.,2001).Thepurposeofthisstudywastoevaluateavarietyofmedicinalplantsthatweregrowingindevelopingcountries,knownintraditionalmedicineasanti-inflammatoryremedieswithrespecttotheirflav-onoidicisolatedconstituents,typicalofthespeciesinvestigated,assumingthattheiranti-inflammatoryactivitycouldbeexplained,atleastinpart,bythepres-enceofantioxidantprinciples.Theantioxidantactivitiesofisolatedflavonoidswereevaluatedbymeasuringtheirabilitytoscavengetheradicalcation2,20-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate)(ABTSÅ+)andthesuperoxideanion,toinhibitb-caroteneoxidationinali-pidmicellesystem,andtoinhibitxanthineoxidase(XOD)activity,showingsomestructure–activityrelationships.2.Materialsandmethods2.1.ExtractionandisolationKaempferol3-O-rutinoside(1),kaempferol3-O-a-L-(200-b-D-xylosyl)rhamnoside(2),quercetin3-O-a-L-ara-binoside(3),myricetin3-O-b-D-galactoside(9),taxifolin3-O-a-L-rhamnoside(23),anddihydromyricetin3-O-a-L-rhamnoside(24)wereisolatedfromLicanialicaniae-flora(Sagot)Blake(Chrysobalanaceae),asreportedpre-viously(Bracaetal.,2003).Quercetin3-methoxy-7-O-b-D-glucoside(4),apige-nin7-O-gentiobioside(18),andluteolin7-O-b-D-gluco-side(19)werepurifiedfromBefariacinnamomeaLindely(Ericaceae,Peru`)withthefollowingisolationprocedure:270gofaerialpartsweredefattedwithpetroleumetherandthenextractedatroomtempera-turewithCHCl3,CHCl3:MeOH,9:1,andMeOHtogive10.0,19.8,3.5,and21goftherespectiveresidues.PartofthemethanolicextractwaschromatographedonSephadexLH-20,usingMeOHaseluent,toobtain10majorfractions.Fraction6(230mg)waspurifiedbyRP-HPLConaWatersC18l-Bondapakcolumn(30cm·7.8mm,flowrate2.0mlminÀ1)withMeOH–H2O,45:55,toyieldcompounds4(14.0mg,tR=19min),19(5.5mg,tR=21min),and18(25.0mg,tR=24min).Quercetin3-methoxy-7-O-gentiobioside(5),quercetin3-O-(6000-caffeoyl)gentiobioside(6),luteolin7-O-gentio-bioside(20),andluteolin7-O-(4000-caffeoyl)gentiobioside