Four new pyrrolidine alkaloids, broussonetines M, O, P, and Q, were isolated from the branches of Broussonetia kazinoki SIEB. (Moraceae). Broussonetines M, O, P, and Q were formulated as (2R, 3R, 4R, 5R)-2-hydroxymethyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-5-[(10S)-10, 13-dihydroxy-tridecyl]pyrrolidine (1), (2R, 3R, 4R, 5R)-2-hydroxymethyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-5-[(E)9-oxo-13-hydroxy-3-tridecenyl]pyrrolidine (2), (2R, 3R, 4R, 5R)-2-hydroxymethyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-5-[(E)10-oxo-13-hydroxy-3-tridecenyl]pyrrolidine (3), and (2R, 3R, 4R, 5R)-2-hydroxymethyl-3-hydroxy-4-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5-[10-oxo-13-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)tridecyl]pyrrolidine (4) respectively, by spectroscopic and chemical methods. 1-4 inhibited β-glucosidase, β-galactosidase and β-mannosidase.
Moraceae, pyrrolidine alkaloid, glycosidase inhibitor, Broussonetia kazinoki
NCBI PubMed ID: 10993225Publication DOI: 10.1248/cpb.48.1281Journal NLM ID: 0377775Publisher: Pharmaceutical Society Of Japan
Correspondence: kusano@oups.ac.jp
Institutions: Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Japan