{"title":"Potential anti-gout properties and determined by UPLC-Q/TOF-MS of total saponins from <i>Smilax nipponica</i> Miq.","authors":"Chengjun Yuan, Heying Chen, Zhuobin Zhao, Zexi Wang, Lanlan Zhong, Yulan Xing, Chen Jin","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2565701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2565701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The roots and rhizomes of <i>Smilax nipponica</i> Miq. have long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat gout. Steroid saponins, characteristic compounds of the <i>Smilax</i> genus, were investigated for their potential in alleviating inflammatory responses in gouty arthritis rats. Thirty-two steroidal saponin compounds were obtained by UPLC-Q/TOF-MS from total saponins of <i>S. nipponica.</i> Gracillin, Paris D, Smilnipponicoside A, Smilnipponicoside C, and Dioscin were the predicted active ingredients in the treatment of gout through network pharmacological tools. Two new pregnanol saponins, Smilnipponicoside A and Smilnipponicoside C, have been shown to have inhibitory effects on the inflammatory response of RAW264.7 mouse macrophages stimulated by sodium urate, which is associated with the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computational investigation of minor alkaloids of <i>Mitragyna speciosa</i> Korth leaves as natural opioid analgesics.","authors":"Ihsanul Arief, Gagus Ketut Sunnardianto, Lala Adetia Marlina, Syahrul Khairi, Herlina Rasyid, Wahyu Dita Saputri","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2570504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2570504","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitragynine is the most abundant compound in kratom (<i>Mitragyna speciosa</i> Korth). Furthermore, it is not explicitly mentioned which compound(s) essentially contribute to the opioid activity of this plant. In this work, we identify the compounds that are most responsible for the opioid activity. This study was completed with a comprehensive computational framework consisting of virtual screening, frontier molecular orbital profiling, prediction of ADMET properties, and validated using molecular dynamics simulations for 100 ns. The results showed that the most contributing compounds interacting with each opioid receptor are 9-methoxy-mitralactonine (δ-opioid receptor), isomitraphylline (ƙ-opioid receptor), and mitraphylline (μ-opioid receptor). The ADMET profile indicated that the three compounds were predicted to pass the Lipinski rule of five, having a good lead likeness and being relatively non-toxic. The molecular dynamics results exhibited stable complexes between the three receptors and each compound based on the profiles of RMSD and RMSF during the simulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi-Fan Bai, Ren-Qin Tang, Qian Mao, Yan Liu, Qiang-Su Qin, Jing-Tao Liu, Cheng-Xiong Liu, Nian-Yu Huang, Lei Wang
{"title":"Two new xanthone compounds from <i>Aspergillus puniceus</i> and their PTP1B inhibitory activities and cytotoxicities.","authors":"Yi-Fan Bai, Ren-Qin Tang, Qian Mao, Yan Liu, Qiang-Su Qin, Jing-Tao Liu, Cheng-Xiong Liu, Nian-Yu Huang, Lei Wang","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2567642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2567642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new xanthone compounds, austocystin S (<b>1</b>) and austocystin R (<b>2</b>), as well as three known xanthones (<b>3-5</b>), originated from endophytic <i>Aspergillus puniceus</i> strains isolated from <i>Eupatorium chinense</i> tissues. Structural elucidation of the compounds was achieved by employing spectroscopic methods such as NMR, MS, CD, and X-ray diffraction. Each of the five compounds exhibited inhibitory effects on Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). Both compound <b>1</b> (IC<sub>50</sub> = 2.89 μM) and compound <b>2</b> (IC<sub>50</sub> = 0.78 μM) displayed notable inhibition effects. The inhibitory profiles of compounds <b>2</b> and <b>3</b> varied among the nine tested tumour cell lines, though both showed preferential activity against MDA-MB-231 cells (1.45 μM and 1.28 μM IC<sub>50</sub> values, respectively). Molecular docking studies were performed to assess the binding interactions of compounds <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> with PTP1B.The calculated results showed that both compounds <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> had strong binding affinity for PTP1B.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bing Liu, Lijing Zhang, Ruiyang Lu, Ting Zhu, Yuxin Wang, Xue Tian, Yuchen Liu, Ning Chen, Wenlan Li
{"title":"Two new compounds with anticancer and antibacterial activities purified from <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> LZC03.","authors":"Bing Liu, Lijing Zhang, Ruiyang Lu, Ting Zhu, Yuxin Wang, Xue Tian, Yuchen Liu, Ning Chen, Wenlan Li","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2570891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2570891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the course of investigating endophytic fungi derived from medicinal plants, a fungal strain identified as <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> (designated LZC03) was successfully isolated from <i>Salvia plebeia</i> R. Brown. Comprehensive chemical analysis of its fermentation metabolites, employing a series of chromatographic separation techniques, led to the isolation and structural characterisation of two previously undescribed compounds: (<i>S</i>)-(+)-methyl-5-(3,4-dihydroxybutyl) picolinate (<b>1</b>), (<i>S</i>)-(+)-butyl -5-(3,4-dihydroxybutyl) picolinate (<b>2</b>), and one known compound, (<i>S</i>)-(+)-methyl fusarinolate (<b>3</b>). Compounds <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> demonstrated moderate cytotoxic effects against the HCT-116 human colon cancer cell line, with IC<sub>50</sub> values of 59.27 and 55.86 μg/mL, respectively. Compounds <b>1-3</b> exhibited differential inhibitory effects against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (CMCC(B)26003), <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> (CMCC(B)63534), <i>Escherichia coli</i> (CMCC(B)44102), and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> (CMCC(B)10104), and predominantly targeted Gram-positive strains. Moreover, compounds <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> exhibited significant antibacterial activity against <i>S. aureus</i>, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) lower than that of the reference drug, suggesting their potential as bifunctional bioactive agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Liu, Li Yang, Liu-Tong Guan, Jia-Hui Wang, Yao-Yu Liu, Yan Song, Jian-Lin Li, Wen-Li Wang, Bo-Yi Fan, Guang-Tong Chen
{"title":"Biotransformation of oleanonic acid by <i>circinella muscae</i> to produce novel 11,12-epoxy-13,28-lactonized derivatives and their anti-neuroinflammatory activity.","authors":"Wei Liu, Li Yang, Liu-Tong Guan, Jia-Hui Wang, Yao-Yu Liu, Yan Song, Jian-Lin Li, Wen-Li Wang, Bo-Yi Fan, Guang-Tong Chen","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2570509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2570509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biotransformation of oleanonic acid by <i>Circinella muscae</i> CGMCC 3.2695 yielded two novel 11, 12-epoxidized and 13, 28-lactonized metabolites (compounds <b>5</b> and <b>6</b>) alongside four previously identified compounds. Structural elucidation was conducted through comprehensive spectroscopic analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The fungus <i>C. muscae</i> demonstrates catalytic capability in mediating the structural transformation of oleanonic acid, facilitating the generation of both 11<i>α</i>, 12<i>α</i>- and 11<i>β</i>, 12<i>β</i>-trimeric oxygen-containing cyclic structures, in addition to producing 13<i>β</i>, 28<i>β</i>-lactone derivatives. Furthermore, the potential anti-neuroinflammatory activity of metabolites was investigated by assessing their ability to inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production in BV-2 microglial cells stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Compounds <b>1</b>, <b>2</b>, and <b>6</b> exhibited significant inhibitory effects, with IC<sub>50</sub> values of 25.70, 34.64, and 5.25, respectively. These results suggested that biotransformation derivatives of oleanonic acid might be served as potential neuroinflammatory inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Wang, Zhixiao Yang, Shuangya Xu, Yuhuai Long, Yuan Yuan, Yufan Chen, Die Zhang, Bang Chen, Hongping He, Baojing Li
{"title":"Aralianudasides C-E: three undescribed triterpenoid saponins from the buds of <i>Aralia elata</i> and its airway inflammation inhibitory activity.","authors":"Juan Wang, Zhixiao Yang, Shuangya Xu, Yuhuai Long, Yuan Yuan, Yufan Chen, Die Zhang, Bang Chen, Hongping He, Baojing Li","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2568207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2568207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Aralia elata</i> (Araliaceae), widely distributed in Asia, is traditionally used for treating arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, tumours and asthma. Phytochemical analysis of its buds led to the isolation of three previously undescribed triterpenoid saponins-Aralianudasides C-E (<b>1-3</b>). Aralianudaside C (<b>1</b>) represents the first taraxastane-type saponin identified in Araliaceae, featuring a β-D-glucose moiety at C-3. Aralianudaside D (<b>2</b>) contains a rare D-xylose unit linked to C-6' of C-3-<i>O</i>-glucose, while Aralianudaside E (<b>3</b>) possesses a unique trisaccharide chain with D-glucose attached to C-4'' of C-3'-<i>O</i>-glucose. Furthermore, compounds <b>2</b> and <b>3</b> significantly reduced IL-6 expression in LPS-induced 16HBE airway epithelial cells with the suppression rate of 31.63% and 37.27% (the suppression rate of positive control Dex was 79.04%).</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolic profiling for analysing chemotype variation in vegetative parts of <i>Valeriana jatamansi</i> Jones using NMR, GC-MS and UPLC/ESI-MS/MS.","authors":"Antim K Maurya, Priya, Vijai K Agnihotri","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2568208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2568208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Valeriana jatamansi</i> Jones, a well-documented Ayurvedic herb, was studied to compare metabolite diversity across its vegetative (rhizomes, leaves, flowers, and seeds) parts using GC-MS, UPLC and NMR. Notably, this study represents the first comprehensive metabolomics analysis of this herb exploring all vegetative parts, including the previously overlooked flowers and seeds utilising modern analytical techniques. A comprehensive metabolic analysis resulted in a total of 103 metabolites, with 28, 50 and 25 metabolites identified using GC-MS, UPLC and NMR techniques, respectively. Key nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, herbal, and pharmaceutically active compounds, such as caproic acid, isovaleric acid, linoleic acid, lauric acid, oleic acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, <i>γ</i>-tocopherol, phytol and patchouli alcohol, were identified in n-hexane extracts, while health-promoting metabolites like trehalose (1.04-7.06 mg/g), choline (1.80-15.33 mg/g), chlorogenic acid (2.04 mg/g) and sucrose (17.80-36.88 mg/g) were found in aqueous fractions. The employed analytical techniques successfully discriminated metabolites composition among the samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary study on metabolite profiling and antioxidant activity of <i>Syzygium vrieseanum</i> (Miq.) Amshoff, a critically endangered species from Indonesia.","authors":"Jeprianto Manurung, Inggit Puji Astuti, Lily Ismaini, Intani Quarta Lailaty, Endah Dwi Hartuti, Lira Windriawati Listriyani, Ari Satia Nugraha, Muhammad Imam Surya","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2565817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2565817","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the chemical composition and medicinal potential of <i>Syzygium vrieseanum</i> (Miq.) Amshoff, a critically endangered species native to Indonesia. Compounds from methanol, ethanol, chloroform, and toluene extracts of leaves and twigs were identified using untargeted Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The most abundant compound classes included Alkanes, Carboxylic acids, Ketones, Lactones, Amines, Fatty acids, Terpenes, Aldehydes, and Benzene derivatives. Methanol extracts showed the highest flavonoid and phenol concentrations in leaves (169.80 mg/L and 366.40 mg GAE/g extract, respectively) and twigs (26.60 mg/L and 159.10 mg GAE/g extract, respectively). Antioxidant activity <i>via</i> the DPPH assay showed methanolic and ethanolic leaf extracts as most potent, with IC<sub>50</sub> values of 0.138 ± 0.003 and 0.158 ± 0.011 mg/ml, followed by twigs (0.221 ± 0.013 and 0.348 ± 0.025 mg/ml). The results highlight solvent selection for optimising bioactive compound extraction and S. vrieseanum's pharmaceutical potential, offering a biochemical framework for future conservation efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gelila Asamenew, Heon-Woong Kim, Soo Mug Cho, Jung Bong Kim, Stefan Kehraus, Max Crüsemann, Gabriele M König
{"title":"Analysis of flavonoid glucosides from <i>Ardisia</i> and <i>Damnacanthus</i> spp. using UPLC-DAD-QToF/mS.","authors":"Gelila Asamenew, Heon-Woong Kim, Soo Mug Cho, Jung Bong Kim, Stefan Kehraus, Max Crüsemann, Gabriele M König","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2570893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2570893","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to investigate the compositional characteristics of leaves and fruits from <i>Ardisia crenata</i>, source of the potent Gq inhibitor FR900359, as well as leaves of other related <i>Ardisia</i> and rarely investigated <i>Damnacanthus</i> species, we report the structural identification and quantification of flavonoid glycosides from these plants. Seven different samples, including leaves of three <i>Ardisia</i> species (<i>A. crenata</i>, <i>A. japonica</i> and <i>A. pusilla</i>), leaves of two <i>Damnacathus</i> species (<i>D. major</i> and <i>D. indicus</i>), and two fruits of <i>Ardisia crenata</i> (red and white), were investigated. A total of forty-six flavonoid glycosides were identified and their quantitative results based on the internal standard, 2,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid, are reported for the first time. Also, among these samples, the leaves of the red fruit <i>Ardisia crenata</i> showed the highest content of 20 types of flavonoids including kaempferol 3-<i>O</i>-glucoside (astragalin), at 503.8 ± 11.9 mg/100 g.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Ibba, A Rosa, A Fais, B Era, S Porcedda, A Piras
{"title":"Fatty acid profile and biological activity of supercritical fluid extract of <i>Rosa canina L.</i> seeds.","authors":"A Ibba, A Rosa, A Fais, B Era, S Porcedda, A Piras","doi":"10.1080/14786419.2025.2568203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2568203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study concerns the extraction by supercritical carbon dioxide, from the seeds of <i>Rosa canina</i> L. Extraction experiments were carried out at a pressure of 300 bar and a temperature of 40 °C, SFE[300:40]. Analyses by GC-FID and HPLC-DAD of the extract showed elevated levels of linoleic acid, 18:2 n-6 (54.7%) and linolenic acid 18:3 n-3 (19.8%). The sample SFE[300:40] was compared with that obtained using <i>n</i>-hexane in a Soxhlet apparatus, (Sx). The antioxidant properties determined by the ABTS test, showed that SFE[300:40] and Sx had EC50 = (0.34 ± 0.01) mg/mL, and no activity, respectively. The total phenolic content, expressed as the concentration of Gallic Acid Equivalents (GAE), in the SFE[300:40] was (16 ± 2 mg/g) and a concentration below the detection limit of the method for the Sx sample. The inhibition percentages against xanthine oxidase were 5% for SFE[300:40] and 12% for Sx extract.</p>","PeriodicalId":18990,"journal":{"name":"Natural Product Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145225568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}