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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 121-128.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2017.02.016

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Chemical Constituents and Bioactivities of Xanthones from Polygala sibirica L. var. megalopha Fr.

ZHOU Lingyun1,2, YU Xiaohong2, GENG Yuanyuan2, HUA Yan2   

  1. 1. School of Pharmacy, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, China;
    2. College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2016-07-05 Online:2017-04-25 Published:2017-05-04

Abstract: Eighteen compounds were isolated by ethanol extraction, silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, MCI-gel column chromatography and semi-preparative HPLC from the dried roots of Polygala sibirica L. var. megalopha Fr. Their structures were identified as 1, 7-dihydroxy xanthone (1), 3, 6-dihydroxy-1, 2, 7, 8-tetramethoxy xanthone (2), 1, 7-dihydroxy-5, 6- dimethoxy xanthone (3), 1, 5-dihydroxy-6, 7-dimethoxy xanthone (4), 6-hydroxy-l, 7-dimethoxy xanthone (5), 7-hydroxy-1-methoxy xanthone (6), 3, 8-dihydroxy- 1, 2, 4-trimethoxy xanthone (7), 6, 8-dihydroxy-1, 2, 3-trimethoxy xanthone (8), 1, 3, 6-trihydroxy-2, 7, 8-trimethoxy- xanthone (9), 3-hydroxy-1, 2, 8-trimethoxy xanthone (10), 1, 3, 7-trihydroxy xanthone (11), 1, 6-dihydroxy-2, 3-methylene-dioxy-7, 8-dimethoxy xanthone (12), 1, 7-dihydroxy-2, 3-dimethoxy xanthone (13), 1, 6-dihydroxy-5, 7-dimethoxy xanthone (14), 3, 7-dihydroxy-1, 2-dimethoxy xanthone (15), 3, 7- dihydroxy- 1, 2, 8-trimethoxy xanthone (16), 1, 2, 3, 7-tetramethoxy xanthone (17), 1, 6-dihydroxy-3, 5, 7, 8-tetramethoxy xanthone (18) by ESI-MS, 1H NMR, 13C NMR. All compounds except 13 were isolated from this plant for the first time. The antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of compound 1-7 were studied. And the results showed that the compound 4(IC50=12 mg/L) and compound 1(IC50=13 mg/L) showed good ABTS scavenging activity and compound 3(MIC=217 μmol/L) had certain inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus.

Key words: Polygala. sibirica L. var. megalopha Fr., xathones, antioxidant, antimicrobial

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