Flavonoids from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia inhibit diacylglycerol acyltransferase

September 27, 2021

Title

Flavonoids from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia inhibit diacylglycerol acyltransferase

Author

Yi-Ming Zhao

Year

2021

Journal

Phytochemistry Letters

Abstract

Three new flavonoids, including a new prenylated aurone, 7,2',5'-trihydroxy-8-prenylaurone (1), and two new flavanones, 2(S)-4'-hydroxy-6-methoxy-7-(2”-hydroxy-3”-methybult-3”-enyl)flavanone (2) and 2(S)-4'-hydroxy-7-methoxy-6-(1”,2”-epoxy-3”-hydroxy-dimethyl)flavanone (3), together with eight known flavonoids were isolated from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia L. The structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analysis and comparison with reported data. Among them, compounds 1 − 3, 10 and 11 exhibited inhibitory effects on the enzyme activity of DGAT1 in an in vitro assay with IC50 values ranging from 52.2 ± 1.2–89.2 ± 1.4 μM.

Instrument

P-1020, FT/IR-620

Keywords

flavanones, flavanoids, Psoralea corylifolia L