Abstract:
Sixteen compounds were isolated from the ethanol extract of
Illigera rhodantha by silica gel, ODS, and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies. These compounds were identified as (2
R,3
R)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbutane-1,4-diyldibenzoate (
1),
p-hydroxyphenethyl
trans-ferulate (
2), 4-
O-benzoyl-2-
C-methyl-
D-erythritol (
3),
N-
trans feruloyl-3-methyldopamine (
4), tribulusamide A (
5), cryptomeridiol (
6), teuclatriol (
7), oleanolic acid (
8), icario A
2 (
9), vanillic acid (
10),
p-hydroxybenzoic acid (
11), gallic acid (
12), ethyl gallate (
13), chrysophanol (
14),
D-1-
O-methyl-inositol (
15), and hexadecanoic acid (
16) based on their spectral data and physico-chemical properties. Compound
1 is an undescribed compound, of which its absolute configurations were determined by Mosher and ROESY methods; all the compounds except
10,
11 and
14 were isolated from
Illigera genus for the first time. Compared with the positive control indomethacin, compounds
4-
6,
8 and
9 inhibited significantly against the NO production in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells.