Phenolic Constituents of Licorice. II. Structures of Licopyranocoumarin, Licoarylcoumarin and Glisoflavone, and Inhibitory Effects of Licorice Phenolics on Xanthine Oxidase

Tsutomu Hatano, Taeko Yasuhara, Toshiyuki Fukuda, Tadataka Noro, Takuo Okuda

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Abstract

An anti-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) phenolic constituent, licopyranocoumarin (4), and two other new phenolics named licoarylcoumarin (5) and glisoflavone (6) were isolated from Si-pei licorice (a commercial licorice; root and stolon of Glycyrrhiza sp. from the north-western region of China) using droplet countercurrent chromatography and centrifugal partition chromatography, and their structures were assigned based on chemical and spectroscopic data, Kaempferol 3-O-methyl ether (7) and licocoumarone (8) were also isolated from the licorice. The inhibitory effects of ten licorice phenolics on xanthine oxidase were examined. Licochalcone B (1), glycyrrhisoflavone (2), 8 and licochalcone A (19) showed 50% inhibition at the concentration of 1.3—5.6 x 105M.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3005-3009
Number of pages5
JournalChemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Volume37
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1989

Keywords

  • Glycyrrhiza
  • centrifugal partition chromatography
  • droplet countercurrent chromatography
  • glisoflavone
  • kaempferol 3-O-methyl ether
  • licoarylcoumarin
  • licocoumarone
  • licopyranocoumarin
  • licorice
  • xanthine oxidase

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Drug Discovery

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