Abstract:
This paper aimed to study phenylpropanoids of
Tripterygium hypoglaucum. Twenty-four compounds were isolated from the 70% EtOH extracts of
T.
hypoglaucum by silica gel column chromatography, reversed phase column chromatography, gel column chromatography, preparative thin layer chromatography, and semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography. Compounds
1-
3 were three new phenylpropionds. Their structures were identified by ultraviolet spectrum, infrared spectroscopy, high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance data as:
threo-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenoxy)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1, 3-propanedol (
1),
erythro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenoxy)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1, 3-propanediol (
2),
erythro-3-(4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-ethoxypropane-1, 2-propanediol (
3). Compounds
4-
6,
9,
14,
15,
18,
19, and
21-
24 were obtained from
Tripterygium genus for the first time. The cytotoxicity assay of cancer cells suggested that compound
20 displayed cytotoxicity on the breast cancer 4T1 cells whose 50% inhibitory concentration was 125.60 μmol·L
-1.