千屈菜科(Lythraceae)指甲花是單種屬指甲花屬,原生於北非和西南亞洲,廣泛作為栽培做庭園裝飾和染料使用。此藥用植物指甲花具有廣泛抗菌效果,包括抗菌、抗病毒、抗黴菌和抗原蟲活性。在本篇研究中,我們將針對研究指甲花的葉部進行化學成分分離、結構鑑定,以及生物活性探討。 台灣產的指甲花(Lawsonia inermis Linn.)葉部之甲醇抽取物,進行分配萃取,得四個萃取物並依極性高低分別為水層、正丁醇層、75%甲醇水溶液層和正己烷層。將四個萃取物分別經過抗發炎活性藥理活性篩選,發現正己烷層和75%甲醇水溶液層具有強抑制人類fMLP/CB 所誘導之superoxide anion generation和elastase release的活性,其有效抑制濃度值10 μg/mL時,分別為(正己烷層:75.33 ± 7.69 %、78.79 ± 5.51 %;75%甲醇水溶液層:80.52 ± 6.56 %、98.38 ± 1.41 % 抑制百分率。正丁醇層也顯示具有抗發炎之能力(55.91 ± 5.50 %、62.82 ± 7.12 % 抑制百分率)。 經由活性導引分析,由75%甲醇水溶液層和正丁醇層分離得到19個化合物,分別為luteolin (1) 、apigenin (2) 、luteolin 4?S-O-glucoside (3) 、1,2,4-trihydroxynaphthalene-1-O-β-D-glycopyranoside (4) 、2,4,6- trihydroxyacetophenone-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5) 、Lawacetophenol (6) 、2-butoxy-tetrahydro-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol (7) 、D-glucopyranose (8) 、D-mannitol (9) 、methyl pheophorbide b (10) 、 linolenic acid (11) 、 oleic acid (12) 、oleamide (13) 、 4-hydroxy-4H-isochromene-1,3-dione (14) 、 a mixture of trans-p-coumaric acid (15) and cis-p-coumaric acid (16) 、 a mixture of (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) acrylamide (17) and (Z)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-acrylamide (18) 、 a mixture of β-stigmasteryl (19) and β-sitosterol (20) 、 a mixture of β-sitostery-3-O-β-D-glucoside (21) and stigmasteryl-3-O-β-D-glucoside (22) 、 2-butoxysuccinic acid (23)。化合物4是2011年其他研究團隊剛發表的新化合物、該論文中化合物5也被同時發表為首次分離於此植物之化合物。化合物6和化合物14為本研究首次發現之新化合物。
Lawsonia is a monotypic genus represented by Lawsonia inermis Linn. (syn. Lawsonia alba Lam, Lythraceae), a native plant of North Africa and Southwestern Asia, widely cultivated as an ornamental hedge and dye-plant. The medicinal plant, henna (L. inermis), has a wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity including antibacterial, antiviral, antimycotic and antiparasitic activities. In the present study, we reported bioactivity-guided fractionation and isolation as well as structural elucidation of isolates from leaves of henna. The MeOH extract of the leaves was partitioned into n-hexane, 75% MeOH(aq), n-BuOH, and H2O-soluble fractions. Among them, n-hexane and 75% MeOH(aq) fractions showed strong inhibitory effect on superoxide anion and elastase release of neutrophils induced by fMLP at 10 μg/mL with inhibitory percentage values of 75.33 ± 7.69 % , 78.79 ± 5.51 % , and 80.52 ± 6.56 % , 98.38 ± 1.41 %. n-BuOH fraction also showed moderate inhibitory effect (55.91 ± 5.50 %, 62.82 ± 7.12 %). Nineteen compounds, including luteolin (1), apigenin (2), luteolin 4?S-O-glucoside (3), 1,2,4-trihydroxynaphthalene-1-O-β-D-glycopyranoside (4), 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), lawacetophenol (6), 2-butoxy-tetrahydro-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol (7), D-glucopyranose (8), D-mannitol (9), methyl pheophorbide b (10), linolenic acid (11), oleic acid (12), oleamide (13), 4-hydroxy-4H-isochromene-1,3-dione (14), a mixture of trans-p-coumaric acid (15) and cis-p-coumaric acid (15), a mixture of (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acrylamide (17) and (Z)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-acrylamide (18), a mixture of β-stigmasteryl (19) and β-sitosterol (20), a mixture of β-sitostery-3-O-β-D-glucoside (21) and stigmasteryl-3-O-β-D-glucoside (22), and 2-butoxysuccinic acid (23) were isolated from the 75% MeOH(aq) and n-BuOH fractions. Compound 4 was new and compound 5 was reported for the first time from this plant, which were revealed by the other research team in 2011. Compound 6 and compound 14 are new compounds.