Structure characterization and biological activity of 2-arylbenzofurans from an Indonesian plant, Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers

Noviany Noviany, Arash Samadi, Nita Yuliyan, Sutopo Hadi, Muhammad Aziz, Neny Purwitasari, Suriyati Mohamad, Nur Najihah Ismail, Kevin P. Gable, Taifo Mahmud

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Abstract

A new 2-arylbenzofuran, sesbagrandiflorain C (1), together with four known compounds, 2-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)-4-hydroxy-6-methoxybenzofuran-3-carbaldehyde (2), 2-(4-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)-5,6-dimethoxybenzofuran-3-carboxaldehyde (3), sesbagrandiflorain A (4) and sesbagrandiflorain B (5), have been isolated from the stem bark of an Indonesian plant, Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. The chemical structure of compound 1 was elucidated by UV, IR, MS, and NMR spectroscopic techniques. The proton and carbon NMR resonances of 1 were also compared with the predicted chemical shifts obtained from DFT quantum mechanical calculations with Gaussian. None of the compounds showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus in an agar diffusion assay. However, sesbagrandiflorains A (4) and B (5) exhibited moderate activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. In addition, compounds 1 – 5 have moderate cytotoxicity against HeLa, HepG2, and MCF-7 cancer cell lines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-215
Number of pages5
JournalPhytochemistry Letters
Volume35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2020

Keywords

  • 2-arylbenzofuran
  • Herbal medicine
  • Natural product
  • Sesbagrandiflorain
  • Sesbania grandiflora

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