Natural PTP1B inhibitors from Broussonetia papyrifera.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Chinese National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Published: December 2002

AI Article Synopsis

  • Two new compounds (1 and 2) and three known compounds (3, 4, and 5) were identified from the roots of Broussonetia papyrifera.
  • Spectroscopic methods were used to determine the structures of these compounds.
  • Compounds 1, 3, 4, and 5 exhibited significant inhibitory effects on the PTP1B enzyme.

Article Abstract

Two new compounds, 8-(1,1-dimethylallyl)-5'-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflanvonol (1), 3'-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3',4',7-trihydroxyflavane (2) and three known compounds 3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone (3), uralenol (4), broussochalcone A (5) were isolated from the roots of Broussonetia papyrifera, and their structures determined by spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1, 3, 4 and 5 significantly show the inhibitory activities against the PTP1B enzyme.

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