Four new compounds from the roots of Euphorbia ebracteolata and their inhibitory effect on LPS-induced NO production

Abstract

Three new diterpenoids, ebractenoids O~Q (1–3), and a new phenolic glucoside, γ-pyrone-3-O-β-d-(6-galloyl)-glucopyranoside (4), together with 6 known compounds, were isolated from the 95% ethanol extract of the roots of Euphorbia ebracteolata, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. The absolute configurations of 1–3 were determined by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. The inhibitory effects of all the isolates with exception of compounds 8 and 10 on the NO production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophages were evaluated. All of them exhibited significant inhibitory activity.