Diterpenoids from Acanthopanax brachypus Harms.

Four diterpenoids, including two new ones, namely noracanthopanin A (1) and acanthopanolide B (2), and two known ones, ent-pimara-9(11),15-dien-19-oic acid (3) and ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (4), were isolated from the stem bark of Acanthopanax brachypus Harms. Their structures were elucidated by physicochemical and spectroscopic analyses. Compound 1 and 2 exhibited moderate cytotoxicities against HO-8910 cells with IC50 values of 65.

Triterpenoid saponins from the stem bark of Acanthopanax brachypus HARMS.

Two new triterpenoid saponins, brachyposide A (1) {3-O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-2beta,3beta,16alpha,23-tetrahydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid 28-O-beta-D-apiofuranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl ester} and brachyposide B (2) {3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl-2beta,3beta,23-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid 28-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta-D-apiofuranosyl-(1-->3)]-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester}, together with four known triterpenoid saponins, including tabguticoside A, nipponoside D, palmatoside E and ciwujianoside A(1), were isolated from the stem bark of Acanthopanax brachypus. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical evidence.

[Study on chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from Acanthopanax brachypus].

Objective: The chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from Acanthopanax brachypus were studied.

Methods: The essential oil was extracted from the stem of A. brachypus by steam distillation, and its antimicrobial activity was tested in vitro.

Study on the interactions of kaempferol and quercetin with intravenous immunoglobulin by fluorescence quenching, fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy.

The interactions of kaempferol and quercetin with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) were studied in vitro by spectroscopic methods including fluorescence spectra, Fourier transformation infrared (FT-IR) spectra and circular dichroism (CD) spectra. The binding parameters for the reactions calculated according to the Sips equation suggested that the bindings of IVIG to kaempferol and quercetin were characterized by two binding sites with the average affinity constants K(o) at 1.032 x 10(4) M(-1) and 1.