The biotransformation of xanthohumol (1), a prenylated chalcone isolated from hops by selected fungi, was investigated. Microbial regioselective glycosylation at the C-4' position led to xanthohumol 4'-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2) and xanthohumol 4'-O-β-D-(4'''-O-methyl)-glucopyranoside (3). The subsequent cyclization of 2 resulted in isoxanthohumol 7-O-β-glucopyranoside (4). The structures of the products were identified based on spectroscopic methods. The biological activity of isolated metabolites has been evaluated. Compared to xanthohumol (1), metabolite 2 is a better 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenger, while 2 and 3 have stronger antiproliferative activity against the human HT-29 colon cancer cell line.
glycosylation, Antioxidant activity, Antiproliferative activity, biotransformation, xanthohumol, spent hops
NCBI PubMed ID: 23466227Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.031Journal NLM ID: 9107377Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: tomasz.tronina@up.wroc.pl
Institutions: Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Experimental Oncology, Wrocław, Poland, Fertilizer Research Institute, Supercritical Extraction Department, Puławy, Poland
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, HPLC, cell growth, anticancer activity assay, radical scavenging assay