Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activity of Chemical Constituents of Euphorbia macrostegia

Demirkiran O., Topcu G., AZARPIRA A., CHOUDHARY M. I.

CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS, vol.50, no.5, pp.810-813, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 50 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s10600-014-1089-3
  • Journal Name: CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.810-813
  • Keywords: Euphorbia macrostegia Boiss., long chain fatty acids, flavonoid glycosides, tyrosinase inhibitory activity, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethylhentriacontanoate
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The chloroform extract of the aerial parts of E. macrostegia has yielded a new compound, 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-ethylhentriacontanoate (1), along with hentriacontan-1-ol (2), lupenone (3), cycloart-22-ene-3,25-diol (4), 3,3',4'-tri-O-methylellagic acid (5), cleomiscosin (6), and glucoclioniasterol (stigmast-5-en-3-O-beta-glucopyranoside) (7), and from the ethyl acetate extract of aerial parts of the plant isoquercetin (8), quercetin-3-O-alpha-arabinofuranoside (avicularin) (9), and rutin (10) have been isolated. Compounds 1-10 were tested for their tyrosinase inhibitory activity, and 2 exhibited an IC50 value of 71.4 mu M, almost comparable to standard kojic acid (IC50 58.2 mu M). Compounds 1-4 also showed good activity with IC50 values of 77.2, 78.6, 71.4, and 77.5 mu M, respectively.