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Paratrimerins A and B, Two New Dimeric Monoterpene-Linked Coumarin Glycosides from the Roots and Stems of Paramignya trimera
Nguyen Manh Cuong Tran Thu HuongPham Ngoc KhanhNguyen Van TaiVu Thi HaNinh The SonBui Huu TaiYoung Ho Kim
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2015 Volume 63 Issue 11 Pages 945-949

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Abstract

Two new dimeric monoterpene-linked coumarin glucosides, paratrimerins A (1) and B (2), and three known coumarins, 6-(6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2,7-dienyl)-7-hydroxycoumarin (3), ostruthin (4), and ninhvanin (5), were isolated from the roots and stems of Paramignya trimera (OLIV.) GUILL. collected in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam. Compound 1 comprises two 7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside coumarins linked at positions 6,6′ via a 1,3,4,4-tetrasubstituted cyclohexene containing a monoterpene bridge, whereas compound 2 is a β-D-apiofuranosyl(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranosyl derivative of 1. The chemical structures of these compounds were determined by one dimensional (1D) and 2D-NMR and high resolution-electrospray ionization (HR-ESI)-MS spectroscopy.

Paramignya is a genus (ca. 28 species)1) belonging to the Rutaceae family. Since the 1990 s, phytochemical studies have focused on two species, P. monophylla and P. griffithii. While flavanones, triterpenoid, and chromene derivatives have been isolated from the stems of P. griffithii,2) tirucallane-triterpene and several new coumarins have been found in P. monophylla fruits3) and stem bark.4) In Vietnam, seven Paramignya species have been identified, distributed mostly in the South of the country.5) Paramignya trimera (OLIV.) GUILL., local name “Than duoc” or “Xao tam phan,” is an endemic plant in South Vietnam. The stems and roots of the plant have been used in folk medicine to treat liver disease, especially cirrhotic ascites.6) In the search for new natural compounds with biological activities relative to the treatment of liver disease, we isolated and structurally elucidated two new dimeric coumarin glycosides, namely paratrimerins A (1) and B (2), along with three known coumarins, 6-(6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2,7-dienyl)-7-hydroxycoumarin (3), ostruthin (4), and ninhvanin (5), from the roots and stems of P. trimera. Although monoterpene-linked biscoumarins have recently been isolated from rutaceous plants,79)compounds 1 and 2 are the first monoterpene-linked biscoumarin glycosides isolated from nature.

Results and Discussion

Compound 1 was obtained as a white amorphous powderwith a negative optical rotation ([α]D25 −25.0°, c=0.02, MeOH). Its molecular formula was determined to be C40H44O16 based on the quasi-molecular ion peak observed at m/z 781.2691 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C40H45O16±, 781.2702) and m/z 803.2548 [M+Na]+ (Calcd for C40H44O16Na±, 803.2522) in the positive high resolution-electrospray ionization (HR-ESI)-MS spectrum. A further fragment ion was identified at m/z 457.1637 ([M−2×C6H10O5+H]+, Calcd for C28H25O6±, 457.1646), indicating the presence of two glycosyl moieties in 1. The IR spectrum had bands at νmax 3379, 1722 cm−1, ascribable to hydroxyls and lactone carbonyl groups, respectively. The UV spectrum showed absorbtion maxima, λmax at 204, 256, 292, and 330 nm, characteristic of a 7-oxygenated coumarinchromophore.7) The 13C-NMR/distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer (DEPT) spectra of 1 (CD3OD) contained 40 carbon signals (12×C, 22×CH, 4×CH2, 2×CH3), assignable to two glucosyl moieties, two coumarin nuclei, and a monoterpene ring (Table 1, Fig. 1). Its 1H-NMR spectrum of 1, displayed patterns similar to those of ostruthin,6) with characteristic signals of two pairs of cis-located olefinic protons H-3/H-4 and H-3′/H-4′ (d, J=9.5 Hz, each), as well as two pairs of para-singlet aromatic protons H-5/H-8, and H-5′/H-8′ (s, each), indicative of two 6,7-disubstituted coumarin nuclei. The structures of two coumarin nuclei in 1 were confirmed based on analysis of heteronuclear single quantum correlation (HSQC), heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC), correlation spectroscopy (COSY) and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) spectra (Table 1, Fig. 2). Two anomeric proton signals in 1 were observed at δH 4.99 (d, H-1″) and δH 4.93 (d, H-1‴) (each J=8.0 Hz), together with six pair-wise carbon signals at δC 101.6 (C-1″)/102.5 (C-1‴), 74.8 (C-2″)/75.0 (C-2‴), 78.2 (C-3″)/78.3 (C-3‴), 71.7 (C-4″)/71.2 (C-4‴), 78.4 (C-5″)/78.4 (C-5‴) and 62.7 (C-6″)/62.5 (C-6‴) (Table 1). This indicated the presence of two glucosyl moieties in the β-D-configuration.10) The positions of the glucopyranosyl moieties at oxygenated carbons C-7/C-7′ of the two coumarin rings was determined based on the HMBC correlations (Fig. 2) between the anomeric protons H-1″ (δH 4.99, d, J=8.0 Hz) and H-1‴ (δH 4.93, d, J=8.0 Hz) to carbons C-7 (δC 158.3) and C-7′ (δC 160.0), respectively (Table 1, Fig. 2). The NOESY spectra of 1 also confirmed the location of two sugar units based on the cross-peaks from the anomeric protons H-1″ and H-1‴ to the singlet aromatic protons H-8 and H-8′, respectively (Fig. 2). The structure of the monoterpene (C10) bridge, determined as an 1,4-dimethyl-4-vinylcyclohexene, was similar to that of some monoterpene-linked biscoumarins isolated from other rutaceous species, such as bisparasin7) from Citrus paradise and thamnosin11) from Thamnosma montana. The coupling constant 3J9,10=16.5 Hz was indicative of two vicinal protons H-9 (δH 6.41) and H-10 (δH 6.37) in the trans-position7) (Fig. 2). Furthermore, the monoterpene bridge attached to two glucopyranosyl coumarin units at the non-protonated carbons C-6 (δC 127.7) and C-6′ (δC 131.6) could be directly determined based on the HMBC cross-peaks (3J-correlations) from the coumarinic protons H-5 (δH 7.47) and H-5′(δH 7.39) to the tertiary carbons of the vinylcyclohexene moiety C-9 (δC 121.2) and C-9′ (δC 44.3), respectively (Table 1, Fig. 2). Furthermore, two coumarinic protons H-5 and H-5′ have NOESY interactions with the vinylic proton H-9 (δH 6.41) and methine proton H-9′ (δH 4.13), respectively. These above spectroscopic evidences confirmed the linkage at C-6/C-9 and C-6′/C-9′ between the two glucosidic coumarins and the 1,4-dimethyl-4-vinylcyclohexene moiety.

Table 1. 1H- and 13C-NMR Data of (−)-Paratrimerin A (1); (−)-Paratrimerin B (2)
PositionCompound (1)Compound (2)
13C-NMR1H-NMR13C-NMR1H-NMR
2163.3 (s)163.3 (s)
3114.3 (d)6.28, d, 9.5 Hz114.5 (d)6.32, d, 9.5 Hz
4146.0 (d)7.95, d, 9.5 Hz146.1 (d)7.91, d, 9.5 Hz
4a115.2 (s)115.3 (d)
5126.6 (d)7.47, s126.4 (d)7.42, s
6127.7 (s)127.7 (s)
7158.3 (s)158.5 (s)
8104.0 (d)7.03, s104.2 (d)7.07, s
8a155.2 (s)155.1 (s)
2′163.5 (s)163.9 (s)
3′114.1 (d)6.22, d, 9.5 Hz114.0 (d)6.25, d, 9.5 Hz
4′145.9 (d)7.88, d, 9.5 Hz146.0 (d)7.91, d, 9.5 Hz
4′a114.4 (s)114.4 (s)
5′131.0 (d)7.39, s131.0 (d)7.39, s
6′131.6 (s)131.5 (s)
7′160.0 (s)160.0 (s)
8′103.6 (d)7.09, s103.8 (d)7.18, s
8′a155.0 (s)155.2 (s)
1,3,4,4,-Tetrasubstituted cyclohexene bridge
9121.2 (d)6.41, d, 16.5 Hz121.0 (d)6.49, d, 16.5 Hz
10140.9 (d)6.37, d, 16.5 Hz140.9 (d)6.23, d, 16.5 Hz
1140.2 (s)40.0 (s)
1231.9 (t)1.65, dt-like, 13.3, 5.9 Hz, 1.87, m, part. overlapped31.7 (t)1.61, dt-like, 13.3, 5.9 Hz, 1.83, m, part. overlapped
11-CH325.8 (q)1.31, br s25.3 (q)1.33, br s
9′44.3 (d)4.13, s44.3 (d)4.11, s
10′124.6 (d)5.35, s124.4 (d)5.35, s
11′135.6 (s)136.0 (s)
12′28.6 (t)2.16, dt-like, 18.4, 7.0 Hz, 2.29, dt-like, 18.4, 5.7 Hz28.5 (t)2.18, dt-like, 18.2, 7.0 Hz, 2.27, dt-like, 18.2, 5.9 Hz
11′-CH323.7 (q)1.85, br s23.7 (q)1.85, br s
1″101.6 (d)4.99, d, 8.0 Hz102.0 (d)5.03, d, 7.5 Hz
2″74.8 (d)3.39b, m74.9 (d)ca. 3.46a,e, m
3″78.2 (d)ca. 3.5a,d, m78.4 (d)ca. 3.46a,e, m
4″71.7 (d)3.23b, t, 9.0 Hz71.2 (d)ca. 3.41, m
5″78.4 (d)ca. 3.5a,d, m78.4 (d)ca. 3.46a,e, m
6″62.7 (t)3.85, dd, 12.0; 2.0 Hz, 3.37e62.4 (t)3.71, dd, 2, 12 Hz, 3.89, dd, 2, 12.5 Hz
1‴102.5 (d)4.93, d, 8.0 Hz102.4 (d)4.90c, d, 7.5 Hz
2‴75.0 (d)3.58, dd, 9.0, 8.0 Hz75.0 (d)ca. 3.61b, m
3‴78.3 (d)ca. 3.5a,d, m78.60 (d)ca. 3.46a,e, m
4‴71.2 (d)3.36b, m72.1 (d)3.15, t, 9.5 Hz
5‴78.4 (d)ca. 3.5a,d, m77.2 (d)ca. 3.66b, m
6‴62.5 (t)3.89, dd, 12.0, 2.0 Hz, 3.70, dd, 12.0, 6.0 Hz69.4 (t)3.22, dd, 2, 11 Hz, 3.96, dd, 2, 11 Hz
1″″111.2 (d)4.84, d, 2.5 Hz
2″″78.3 (d)4.03, 2.5 Hz
3″″80.5 (s)
4″″75.01 (t)3.80, d, 9.5 Hz, 4.12, d, 10 Hz
5″″65.7 (t)3.68, d, 3.5 Hz

a Strongly overlapped signals. b Chemical shift of HSQC correlation peak. c Overlapped by solvent signal. d, e May be interchanged; 1H (500 MHz), 13C (125 MHz) recorded in CD3OD.

Fig. 1. The Structures of Isolated Compounds (15) from Paramignya trimera
Fig. 2. Selected (COSY, NOESY and HMBC) Correlations of Compounds 1 and 2

The biscoumarins comprising a cyclohexene ring acting as a bridge between two coumarinsare quite common in nature.8) The cyclohexene ring can be substituted by 4 to 5 substituents. The most common type is 1,3,4,4-tetrasubstituted cyclohexene (as in phebalin8)), whereas 1,3,4,5,5-pentasubstituted cyclohexene (as in toddalosin8)) is less common. Two coumarinnuclei can link through an 1,4-dimethyl-4-vinylcyclohexene chainat positions C-6/C-8′ as in isothamnosin A,8) at C-8/C-6′ as in bisparasin,8) C-8/C-8′ as in phebalin,8) and at C-6/C-6′ as in thamnosin8) and our new compound 1. The NOESY spectrum of 1 showed a correlation of the methyl signal 11-CH3H 1.31) to proton H-9′ (δH 4.13), indicative of a cis-configuration of the 11-CH3 group and proton H-9′, as well as a cis-arrangement of two coumarin units on the 1,4-dimethyl-4-vinylcyclohexene ring, similar to the case of bisparasin, a biscoumarin isolated from Citrus plants.7) Furthermore, the 11-CH3 group has NOESY correlation to the methylene protons H-12 (δH 1.87, m) and H-12′ (δH 2.16, m) (Table 1), indicating that the cyclohexene ring adopts a half-chair conformation and the 11-CH3 group and proton H-9′ are oriented axial- and pseudo-axial on the ring, respectively. Thus, the relative stereochemistry of paratrimerin A (1) was determined to be 9′S,11S or 9′R,11R. Acid hydrolysis of paratrimerin 1 gave the coresponding biscoumarin aglycone with molecular formula of C28H24O6, determined from the HR-ESI-MS quasi-molecular ion peak observed at m/z 479.1460 [M+Na]+ (Calcd for C28H24O6Na±: 479.1465) and m/z 457.1642 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C28H25O6±: 457.1646).

Compound 2 appeared as an ivory powder with negative optical rotation ([α]D25 −67.5°, c=0.04, MeOH). The quasi-molecular ion peaks in positive HR-ESI-MS spectra at m/z 913.3101 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C45H53O20±, 913.3125) and m/z 935.2965 [M+Na]+ (Calcd for C45H52O20Na±, 935.2944) indicated the molecular formula of 2 as C45H52O20. A comparison of the positive HR-ESI-MS and one dimensional (1D)- and 2D-NMR (HSQC, HMBC, COSY and NOESY in CD3OD) spectral data of 2 to those of 1, suggested that compound 2 was an apiosyl derivative of 1 (Table 1, Fig. 2). The anomeric proton signals at δH 5.03 and δH 4.90 were assigned to H-1″ and H-1‴ of two glucoses, whereas, the signal at δH 4.84 (d, J=2.5 Hz) was assigned to anomeric proton H-1″″ of an apiose unit. The apiosyl anomeric proton H-1″″ had HMBC long-range correlations to glucosidic carbon C-6‴ (δC69.4) and also NOESY interactions with protons H-6‴ [(δH 3.22 (dd, J=2.0, 11.0 Hz), δH 3.96 (dd, J=2.0, 11.0 Hz)], confirming an apiofuranosyl(1→6)-glycopyranosyl linkage in 2.12) The coupling constant of anomeric proton H-1″ (d, J=7.5 Hz) and H-1‴ (d, J=7.5 Hz) and their carbon signals confirmed the β-configuration of two D-glucose units. The anomeric apiosyl carbon C-1″″ (δC 111.2) was determined to be in the β-D-configuration by comparison with the 13C-NMR data of α-D-apiofuranoside (δC 104.5), and β-D-apiofuranoside (δC 111.5).13) Based on these results, compound 2 was identified as new dimeric monoterpene-linked coumarin glycoside; namely, paratrimerin B. Thus, paratrimerins A and B are first two new monoterpene-linked biscoumarin glycosides isolated from natural source.

In addition, three other 6,7-disubstituted coumarins were isolated from the roots and stems of P. trimera and identified as the known coumarins 6-(6-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2,7-dienyl)-7-hydroxycoumarin (3),14)ostruthin (4),6,14) and ninhvanin (5)6) (Fig. 1).

Experimental

General Experimental Procedures

1H-NMR (500 MHz) and 13C-NMR (125 MHz) were measured on a Bruker Avance 500 MHz spectrometer. The HR-ESI-MS were obtained from a Varian FT-MS spectrometer and MicroQ-TOF III (Bruker Daltonics, Germany). Column chromatography was carried out on silica gel (Si 60 F254, 230–400 mesh, Merck). All solvents were redistilled before use. Pre-coated TLC plates (Si 60 F254) were used for analytical purposes. Compounds were visualized under UV radiation (254, 365 nm) and by spraying plates with 10% H2SO4 followed by heating with a heat gun.

Plant Material

The roots and stems of Paramignya trimera were collected in the Ninh Van commune, Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam. The plants were identified by botanist Ngo Van Trai, Institute of Medicinal Materials, Hanoi, Vietnam. A voucher specimen (C-503) is deposited in the Herbarium of the Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, VAST, Hanoi,Vietnam.

Extraction and Isolation

The air-dried roots and stems of P. trimera (5.0 kg) were boiled in water (2×10 L) for 4 h. The solution was cooled down to room temperature, filtered through a Whatman paper, and partitioned with ethyl acetate (2.0 L). The aqueous fraction was subjected to CC over Diaion HP-20 (500 g) and eluted with gradient solvent system of water–methanol [100 : 0, 80 : 20, 60 : 40, 40 : 60, 20 : 80, 0 : 100 (v/v, 2.0 L each)] to give six fractions (PW-1 to PW-6). The fraction PW-5 (32 g) was separated by normalphase silica gel (70–100 mesh) column chromatography (150 g) eluting with a gradient solvent system of chloroform–methanol [80 : 20, 60 : 40, 40 : 60, 20 : 80, 0 : 100 (v/v, 2 L each)] to give five fractions (PW-5A to PW-5E). The fraction PW-5D (10 g) was subjected to CC on silica gel (70–100 mesh) and eluted with chloroform–methanol–water (4 : 1 : 0.1, v/v/v) to obtain five fractions (PW-5D1 to PW-5D5). The sub-fraction PW-5D4 (772 mg) was firstly chromatographed on a Sephadex LH-20 column eluting with methanol–water (1 : 1, v/v) and further purified on YMC reverse phase column eluting with acetone–water (1 : 2, v/v) to yield compound 1 (43.7 mg). The fraction PW-5B (3.8 g) was subjected to CC on silica gel (70–100 mesh) and eluting with chloroform–methanol–water (4 : 1 : 0.1, v/v/v) to obtain three fractions (PW-5B1 to PW-5B3). The fraction PW-5B1 (345 mg) was separated by YMC reverse phase CC eluting with acetone–water (2 : 3, v/v) to get two sub-fractions (PW-5B1A and PW-5B1B). The sub-fraction PW-5B1A (98 mg) was purified over a Sephadex LH-20 CC and eluted with methanol–water (1 : 1, v/v) to yield compound 2 (23.0 mg).

In order to get more components from P. trimera, dried roots and stems (2.0 kg) were extracted with methanol (2×5 L) for 3 d at room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield a black crude methanol extract. The crude methanol extracts were successively partitioned in n-hexane, chloroform, and ethyl acetate, to give n-hexane (PH), chloroform (PC), and ethyl acetate (PE) residue, respectively. The precipitate from the n-hexane fraction (PH-1, 5 g) was washed with n-hexane–acetone (4 : 1, v/v) and filtered through a Whatman filter-paper to yield compound 4 as a white solid (200 mg). The filtrate (PH-2) was concentrated and subjected to CC on silica gel column (200–300 mesh) eluting with a gradient solvent system of n-hexane–acetone (20 : 1→10 : 1, v/v) to obtain eight fractions (PH-2A to PH-2H). The fraction PH-2D was re-chromatographed on RP-18 CC eluting with acetone–water (5 : 2, v/v) to yield 5 (120 mg). The chloroform fraction (5.0 g) was subjected for CC on silica gel eluting with chloroform–methanol (3 : 1, v/v) to yield compound 3 (6.0 mg).

Acid Hydrolysis of Compound 1

Compound 1 (2.5 mg) was added in 1 N HCl (2 mL) and then heated to 80°C in a water bath for 2.5 h. The acidic solution was extracted with chloroform (2 mL×2 times). The organic layer was washed with distilled water (2 mL×3 times), dried over Na2SO4, and evaporated in vacuo to give compound 6 (1.2 mg) as an ivory powder. C28H24O6; HR-ESI-MS m/z: 479.1460 (100%) [M+Na]+, (Calcd for C28H24O6Na±: 479.1465), 457.1642 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C28H25O6±: 457.1646), [α]D25 +64° (c=0.4, MeOH). Rf (TLC): 0.4 (CHCl3 : MeOH, 12/1).

Paratrimerin A (1)

White amorphous powder; C40H44O16; 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CD3OD) and 13C-NMR (125 MHz, CD3OD) are given in the Table 1; IR (KBr) cm−1: 3379, 2935, 1722, 1646, 1088, 990, 746, 660, 514; UV λmax (MeOH): 204, 256, 292, 330 nm; HR-ESI-MS m/z: 781.2691 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C40H45O16±: 781.2702), 803.2548 [M+Na]+ (Calcd for C40H44O16Na±: 803.2522), 457.1637 M−2×C6H10O5+H]+; [α]D25 −25.0° (c=0.02, MeOH).

Paratrimerin B (2)

Ivory powder; C45H52O20; 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CD3OD) and 13C-NMR (125 MHz, CD3OD) are given in the Table 1; UV λmax (MeOH): 207, 255, 294, 330 nm; HR-ESI-MS m/z: 913.3101 [M+H]+ (Calcd for C45H53O20±: 913.3125), 935.2965 [M+Na]+ (Calcd for C45H52O20Na±: 935.2944). [α]D25 −67.5° (c=0.04, MeOH).

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a Grant from Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam (No. VAST 04.05/13-14). The authors are thankful to Dr. To Dao Cuong for specific rotation measurement and Dr. Andrea Porzel for her valuable comments and kind help.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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