Phytochemicals from Dodonaea viscosa and their antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities with structure–activity relationships

Abstract

Context Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq (Sapindaceae) has been used in traditional medicine as antimalarial, antidiabetic and antibacterial agent, but further investigations are needed. Objective This study determines the antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities of six compounds (1-6) and two crystals (1A and 3A) isolated from D. viscosa, and discusses their structure-activity relationships. Materials and methods Antioxidant activity was evaluated using six complementary tests, i.e., b-carotene-linoleic acid; DPPH , ABTS + , superoxide scavenging, CUPRAC and metal chelating assays. Anticholinesterase activity was performed using the Elman method. Results Clerodane diterpenoids (1 and 2) and phenolics (3-6) -together with three crystals (1A, 3A and 7A) -were isolated from the aerial parts of D. viscosa. Compound 3A exhibited good antioxidant activity in DPPH (IC 50 : 27.44 ± 1.06 mM), superoxide (28.18 ± 1.35% inhibition at 100 mM) and CUPRAC (A 0.5 : 35.89 ± 0.09 mM) assays. Compound 5 (IC 50 : 11.02 ± 0.02 mM) indicated best activity in ABTS assay, and 6 (IC 50 : 14.30 ± 0.18 mM) in b-carotene-linoleic acid assay. Compounds 1 and 3 were also obtained in the crystal (1A and 3A) form. Both crystals showed antioxidant activity. Furthermore, crystal 3A was more active than 3 in all activity tests. Phenol 6 possessed moderate anticholinesterase activity against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes (IC 50 values: 158.14 ± 1.65 and 111.60 ± 1.28 mM, respectively). Discussion and conclusion This is the first report on antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities of compounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 1A and 3A, and characterisation of 7A using XRD. Furthermore, the structure-activity relationships are also discussed in detail for the first time.ARTICLE HISTORY

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