1992 年 40 巻 5 号 p. 1191-1195
The structure activity relationship was studied in analogous lignans from Schisandra chinensis and their derivatives. These compounds were tested for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase inhibition. An inhibitor, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (13), was isolated from this plant, so we discussed this compound and a derivative, nordihydroguaiaretic acid tetramethyl ether, using molecular mechanics involving three-dimensional modeling and minimization of the structure using the MM2PP program. As a result, it was found that the structure of nordihydroguaiaretic acid tetrametyl ether and papaverine (30) (positive control) shared a similar low energy conformation. This fact suggested that these compounds inhibited cAMP phosphodiesterase by a similar mechanism.