Abstract
Two new norlignans, hyperiones A (1) and B (2), three new acylphloroglucinols, aspidinol C (3) and hyperaspidinols A (5) and B (6), the known compound aspidinol D (4), and the symmetrical dimeric xanthone hyperidixanthone (7) were isolated from Hypericum chinense. Their structures were established by spectroscopic analysis. In an antibacterial assay using a panel of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, compounds 3 and 4 exhibited promising activity against the NorA efflux protein overexpressing MDR Staphylococcus aureus strain SA-1199B with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 2 ?g/mL (8.4 ?M) and 4 ?g/mL (16.8 ?M), respectively. The positive control antibiotic norfloxacin showed activity at MIC 32 ?g/mL (100 ?M).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1815-1820 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Natural Products |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 2 Nov 2010 |
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| Publication status | Published - 29 Nov 2010 |