Abstract:
A new sesquiterpene, bakkenolide-Ⅵa (
1), was isolated from the rhizome of
Petasites japonicas (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim. The structure was characterized on the basis of various NMR (
1H,
13C,
1H-
1H COSY, HMQC, HMBC and NOESY) and mass spectrometry data. Bakkenolide-Ⅵa showed potent cerebral hypoxia-ischemia protective activity in mice subjected to decapitation through prolonging the survival time and gasping time. It also exhibited a protective activity against hypoxia injury in PC12 cells in anaerobic culture by inhibition of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release.