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Biological Activities and Stability of a Standardized Pentacyclic Triterpene Enriched Centella asiatica Extract

  • Puttarak, Panupong;Brantner, Adelheid;Panichayupakaranant, Pharkphoom
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 2016
  • Pentacyclic triterpenes, mainly, asiatic acid, madecassic acid, asiaticoside, and madecassoside are the active constituents of Centella asiatica. A pentacyclic triterpene enriched C. asiatica extract (PRE) was prepared and standardized to contain a total pentacyclic triterpenes not less than 65% w/w. This work was focused on determination of antiinflammatory, antioxidant, and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of PRE and its stability. The PRE exhibited a satisfactory nitric oxide inhibitory effect, with an $IC_{50}$ value of $64.6{\mu}g/mL$. In addition, the PRE inhibited tyrosinase enzyme activity with an $IC_{50}$ value of $104.8{\mu}g/mL$. In contrast, the PRE possessed only weak antioxidant activity. The PRE was stable over a period of four months when stored as a dried powder but only in a well-closed container protected from light at $4^{\circ}C$. An aqueous alcoholic solution of the PRE was stable at pH values of 5.8 and 7.0, but was not stable at a pH of 8.2. Preparations of the PRE in an aqueous solution should be performed in acidic or neutral conditions.

Pentacyclic Triterpenoids from Mallotus apelta

  • Kiem, Phan-Van;Minh, Chau-Van;Huong, Hoang-Thanh;Nam, Nguyen-Hoai;Lee, Jung-Joon;Kim, Young-Ho
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1109-1113
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    • 2004
  • A new triterpene (1) and six known pentacyclic terpenoids (2-7) were isolated from the methanol extract of the dried leaves from Mallotus apelta. Based on the spectral and chemical evidence, their structures were determined to be 3$\alpha$-hydroxyhop-22(29)-ene (1), hennadiol (2), friedelin (3), friedelanol (4), epifriedelanol (5), taraxerone (6), and epitaraxerol (7).

Exploitation of the biologically active components in Youngia sonchifolia Max (고들빼기 생리활성물질의 검색)

  • Shin, Soo-Cheol
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.134-137
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    • 1993
  • Yongia sonchifolia Max. has been used as raw materials of traditional Kimchi and medicinal herb in Korea. This study was performed to investigate biologically active components in the plant. First, the writer carried out the experiment of antitumor screening test against Sarcoma-180A and the cytotoxic activity against Chinese hamster V-79 cells with methanol extract of the plant. And the aqueous solution of the extract from roots of Youngia sonchifolia Max. was partitioned into n-hexane. The concentrated extract of n-hexane layer was chromatographed on silica gel column and developed with n-hexane and ethylacetate. Two yellow elutes, on concentration, were recrystallized from ethylacetate, and the $R_f$ value of TLC of the crystal was 0.43. After analysis by $^{1}H-NMR$, $^{13}C-NMR$ and MS to confirm the structure, the author could identify the compound as bauerenyl acetate, a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpene. The crystal was colorless plate and m.p. was $280{\sim}282^{\circ}C$.

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A Cipadesin Limonoid and a Tirucallane Triterpene from the Fruit of Sandoricum koetjape and their Inhibitory Properties against Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

  • Rachmadhaningtiyas, Dyah Ayu;Heliawati, Leny;Hermawati, Elvira;Syah, Yana Maolana
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.134-139
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    • 2021
  • A new cipadesin limonoid, i.e. 3-epi-cipadonoid C (1), and a new tirucallane triterpene, i.e. hispidol B 3-palmitate (3), have been isolated from the seeds and fruit peels extract of Sandoricum koetjape, respectively. Along with these compounds the known limonoid, cipaferen G (2), and two pentacyclic triterpenes, bryonolic (4) and bryononic (5) acids, were also isolated. The strucrures of the new compounds were elucidated by the analysis of NMR and mass spectral data. Compounds 1 - 5 were evaluated as the inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases (EGFR, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor; HER2, HER4, Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2, -4; IGFR, Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor; InsR, Insulin Receptor; KDR, Kinase insert Domain Receptor; PDGFRα, and PDGFRβ, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-α and -β). The results showed only 1 and 3 that have weak activity against InsR.

Analysis of Triterpene Glycoside Levels and Antioxidant Activity in the Different Shoot Tissues of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban (병풀 지상부 조직에서 시기별 triterpene glycoside 함량 및 항산화활성 분석)

  • Kil, Young Sook;Sin, Seung Mi;Lee, Dong Yeol;Jeong, Won Min;Yang, Ki jeung;Lee, Shin-Woo;Kim, Yun-Hee;Goo, Young-Min
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.28 no.8
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    • pp.917-922
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    • 2018
  • Centella asiatica is one of the local herbs that is claimed to possess various physiological effects. C. asiatica also accumulates large amounts of pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins known as centelloids. These terpenoids usually include asiatic acid, asiaticoside, madecassoside, and madecassic acids. In the present study, to understand the changes of triterpene glycoside levels in the different shoot tissues of C. asiatica during seasonal cultivation, we investigated the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis via different extraction methods, such as water, 20% ethanol and methanol extracts. Significant increases were observed in the levels of madecassoside and asiaticoside in the leaf extracts by methanol compare with extracts using water or 20% ethanol. Additionally, we also analyzed the various antioxidant activity in the different shoot tissues of C. asiatica using different extracts, such as leaves, petioles and both materials. Among these petiole extracts showed high 2,2-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTs) scavenging activity in all extracts, whereas 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity exhibited high activity levels in the leaf part using methanol and ethanol extracts. Levels of total phenolics and flavonoid also showed the highest levels in the leaf tissues using all extracts such as methanol, ethanol and water. Our results indicated that the increased levels of triterpene glycoside and antioxidant activity in the leaf parts of the C. asiatica were indicating that useful metabolites were mainly maintained through seasonal cultivation such as madecassoside, asiaticoside.

Hyaluronidase Inhibitor from Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus (조구등의 Hyaluronidase 저해물질)

  • Jeong, Sei-Joon;Ko, Yong-Seok;Ahn, Nyeon-Hyung;Kim, Youn-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.169-172
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    • 1998
  • Hyaluronidase is one of the mucopolysaccharide-splitting enzyme and is related to the permeability of the vascular system and inflammation. An anti-hyaluronidase assay guided fractionation of the methanolic extract of Uncariae Ramulus et Uncus has furnished a pentacyclic triterpene, ursolic acid (compound I). Compound I exhibited hyaluronidase inhibitory activity with $IC_{50}$ value of 0.15 mM, and disodium cromoglycate showed the inhibitory activity with $IC_{50}$ value of 1.78 mM as a positive control.

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Immunodulatory activity of betulinic acid from Lycopus lucidus in murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells

  • Yun, Yun-Ha;Song, Young-Chun;Son, Han-Shik;Yim, Dong-Sool;Lee, Soo-Kyeon;Kim, Kyung-Jae
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.130.2-130.2
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    • 2003
  • Betulinic acid (BA), a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from Lycopus lucidus, has been reported to be a selective inducer of apoptosis in various human tumor cells. It also exhibits anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. Due to its high level of these activities and lack of toxicity, BA is an attractive and promising compound as a new drug and recently undergoing preclinical development as an immunomodulators. How BA mediates these matters is not known yet. (omitted)

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Facilitation of Glucose Uptake by Lupeol through the Activation of the PI3K/AKT and AMPK Dependent Pathways in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes (3T3-L1 지방세포에서 PI3K/AKT 및 AMPK 경로의 활성화를 통한 루페올의 포도당 흡수촉진 효과)

  • Lee, Hyun-Ah;Han, Ji-Sook
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.86-93
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    • 2022
  • Lupeol is a type of pentacyclic triterpene and has been reported to have pharmacological activities against various diseases; however, the effect of lupeol on glucose absorption has not been elucidated yet. This study aimed to investigate the effect of lupeol on glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Lupeol significantly facilitated glucose uptake by translocating glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) to the plasma membrane of the 3T3-L1 adipocytes, which was related to activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) and 5 'adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathways. In the PI3K/AKT pathway, lupeol stimulates the phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), which activates PI3K. Its activation by lupeol promotes the phosphorylation of AKT, but not the atypical protein kinase C isoforms ζ and λ. Lupeol also promoted the phosphorylation of AMPK. The activation of AMPK increased the expressions of the plasma membrane GLUT4 and the intracellular glucose uptake. The increase in the glucose uptake by lupeol was suppressed by wortmannin (PI3K inhibitor) and compound C (AMPK inhibitor) in the 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The results indicate that lupeol can facilitate glucose uptake by increasing insulin sensitivity through the stimulation of the expression of plasma membrane glucose transporter type 4 via the PI3K/AKT and AMPK pathways in the 3T3-L1 adipocytes.