Novel polyacetylene derivatives and their inhibitory activities on acetylcholinesterase obtained from Panax ginseng roots

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• 作者：Kazuya Murata ; Daiki Iida ; Yoshihiro Ueno ; Keiichi Samukawa…
• 关键词：Acetylcholinesterase ; Butyrylcholinesterase ; Panax ginseng ; Polyacetylene
• 刊名：Journal of Natural Medicines
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：71
• 期：1
• 页码：114-122
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• 刊物主题：Pharmacology/Toxicology; Plant Sciences; Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Medicinal Chemistry; Pharmacy;
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1861-0293
• 卷排序：71

文摘

In our research program to identify cholinesterase and β-secretase inhibitors, we investigated Ginseng (root of Panax ginseng), a crude drug described as a multifunctional drug in the ancient Chinese herbal book Shennong Ben Cao Jing. Results from hexane and methanol extracts showed moderate inhibitory activities. This suggests that ginseng roots may be effective for the prevention of and therapy for dementia. We then focused on hexane extracts of raw ginseng root and dried ginseng root since the determination of hexane extract constituents has not been studied extensively. Activity-guided fractionation and purification led to the isolation of 4 polyacetylene compounds; homopanaxynol, homopanaxydol, (9Z)-heptadeca-1, 9-diene-4,6-diyn-3-one, and (8E)-octadeca-1,8-diene-4,6-diyn-3,10-diol. The chemical structures of these compounds, including stereochemistry, were determined. This is the first study to identify the structure of homopanaxynol and homopanaxydol. Moreover, the modes of action of some compounds were characterized as competitive inhibitors. This study showed, for the first time, that polyacetylene compounds possess acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities.