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. 2022 Feb 15;27(4):1316.
doi: 10.3390/molecules27041316.

Phytochemical Characterizations of Maranthes polyandra (Benth.) Prance

Nida Ali  1   2   3 , Farooq-Ahmad Khan  1   4 , Kayode Muritala Salawu  5 , Rimsha Irshad  1   3 , Almas Jabeen  6 , Chun-Lei Zhang  7 , Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary  1   3   6 , Xin-Min Liu  2   8 , Yan Wang  1   2   3
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Phytochemical Characterizations of Maranthes polyandra (Benth.) Prance

Nida Ali et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

Two new ursane-type triterpenoids, named Polyanside A (1) and B (2), along with eleven known compounds (3-13), were isolated and elucidated from Maranthes polyandra (Benth.) Prance. The structures of these compounds were elucidated based on chemical evidence and multiple spectroscopic data. Isolated compounds were evaluated for anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory activities, and cytotoxicity on a normal human cell line (BJ). None of them showed activity and cytotoxicity. The hexane fraction was analyzed by GC-MS, resulting in the identification of forty-one compounds. This is the first comprehensive study on the phytochemistry of M. polyandra.

Keywords: Chrysobalanaceae; GC-MS; Maranthes polyandra; Parinari polyandra; triterpenoid.

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Figure 1
Structures of compounds 1–5.
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Figure 2
Key 1H-1H COSY, HMBC, and NOESY correlations of compound 1 and 2.
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Figure 3
GC chromatogram of hexane fraction, (a): GC chromatogram of 5–84 min; (b): GC chromatogram of 11–40 min; (c): GC chromatogram of 41–84 min.
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