Abstract
Axially chiral compounds are well known in medicinal chemistry of natural products, but their absolute configurations and bioactivities are rarely reported and studied. In this study, eleven undescribed axially chiral dihydrophenanthrene dimers, as well as twenty-five known dihydrophenanthrenes, were isolated from the entire plant of Pholidota yunnanensis. Their structures were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic analysis. A method for determining the absolute configurations of enantiomers was developed based on the rotational barriers and calculated ECD spectra. Additionally, the activities of all isolated compounds were assessed in LPS-induced BV-2 microglial cells. Most dihydrophenanthrenes exhibited significant NO inhibitory activities, and compound 7 showed the most potent inhibitory effect with an IC50 value of 1.5 μM, compared to the positive control minocycline. The immunofluorescence and western blot results revealed that compound 7 suppressed the expression of Iba-1, iNOS and COX-2 in LPS-stimulated BV-2 microglial cells.
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