九重吹(Ficus nervosa Heyne ex Roth.)為桑科,長綠喬木,主要分布於 中國南方、印度、馬來西亞、台灣低海拔地區。F. nervosa 之根部甲醇萃 取物,對Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv,具體外有抗結核活性,而其化 學成分及生物活性均未被報告過。 將本植物根部之甲醇萃取物進行分配,得到乙酸乙酯及水層,針對乙 酸乙酯層進行研究,迄今分離得到2個新pyranocoumarin,分別為: 3-hydroxyxanthyletin (1) 及3-methoxyxanthyletin (2)。還有22個已知化合 物,其中4個為coumarin: xanthyletin (3), umbelliferone (4), scopoletin (5), S-(+)-marmesin (6),9個flavonoid:carpachromene (7), parvisoflavone B (8), , alpinumisoflavone (9) , genistein (10), 2´-hydroxygenistein (11), prunetin (12), cajanin (13), apigenin (14), (2S)-naringenin (15) , 5 個steroid: ergosterol peroxide (16), a mixture of 6??-hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one (17) and 6??-hydroxystigmast-4,22-dien-3-one (18), a mixture of β-sitosterol (19) and stigmasterol(20),3個benzenoids: 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (21), vanillin (22), (S)-lasiodiplodin (23),一個 triterpenoid: oleanolic acid (24),所有化合物之結 構均經各種光譜分析予以確認。 3-hydroxyxanthyletin (1), genistein (10), prunetin (12), (2S)-naringenin (15)對Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv,呈現體外抑制作用,MICs 值分 別為: 16, 35, 30, ≤ 2.8 μg/ mL。
Ficus nervosa Heyne ex Roth. (Moraceae) is an evergreen tree, distributed in south China, India, Malaysia and at low altitudes throughout Taiwan. As an extension of our continuing studies on the active constituents of Formosan plants. The methanolic extracts of the root of this species showed antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv in vitro. The aim of this study is the isolation of chemical constituents and antitubercular activity. Bioassay-guided fractionation of the active EtOAc soluble layer led to the isolation of two new pyranocoumarins, 3-hydroxyxanthyletin (1) and 3-methoxyxanthyletin (2), along with twenty-two known compounds, including four simple coumarins: xanthyletin (3), umbelliferone (4), scopoletin (5), S-(+)-marmesin (6), nine flavonoids: carpachromene (7), parvisoflavone B (8), alpinumisoflavone (9), genistein (10), 2´-hydroxygenistein (11), prunetin (12), cajanin (13), apigenin (14), (2S)-naringenin (15), five steroids: ergosterol peroxide (16), a mixture of 6??-hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one (17) and 6??-hydroxystigmast-4,22-dien-3-one (18), a mixture of β-sitosterol (19) and stigmasterol(20), two benzenoids: 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (21), vanillin (22), (S)-lasiodiplodin (23), one triterpenoid: oleanolic acid (24).The structures of these compounds were determined by spectroscopic analyses. Among these compounds, 3-hydroxyxanthyletin (1), genistein (10), prunetin (12), (2S)-naringenin (15), showed antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RV in vitro with MIC values: 16, 35, 30, ≤ 2.8μg/ mL, respectively.