Chemical constituents from Piper wallichii.[Pubmed: 25573271]

Fifteen known compounds including four triterpenoids (1-4), one sterol (5), one diketopiperazine alkaloid (6) and nine phenolics (7-15) were isolated from the stems of Piper wallichii. Their structures were elucidated by means of spectroscopic analysis, and acidic hydrolysis in case of the 2-oxo-3β,19α,23-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (1). The structure of compound 1 was fully assigned by 1D and 2D NMR experiments for the first time. All isolates were tested for their antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet aggregation bioactivities.

Lignans and aromatic glycosides from Piper wallichii and their antithrombotic activities.[Pubmed: 25555357]

Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand.-Mazz. is a medicinal plant used widely for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory diseases, cerebral infarction and angina in China. Previous study showed that lignans and neolignans from Piper spp. had potential inhibitory activities on platelet aggregation. In the present study, we investigated the chemical constituents of Piper wallichii and their antithrombotic activities, to support its traditional uses.

[Identification of some Piper crude drugs based on Fourier transform infrared spectrometry].[Pubmed: 25532337]

The common peak ratio and variant peak ratio were calculated by FTIR spectroscopy of seven medicinal plants of Piper. The dual index sequence of common peak ratio and variant peak ratio was established, which showed the sibship of the medicinal plants. The common peak ratio of Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi, Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand.-Mazz. Piper laetispicum (C. DC.) was greater than 77%, and the variant peak ratio was less than 30%. The results showed the near sibship between the three drugs. The common peak ratio of Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi, Piper nigrum L. and Piper boehmeriae folium Wall (Miq.) C. DC. Var. tonkinense (C. DC.) was about 61% which showed the farther sibship. The common peak ratio of Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi and Piper betle (Linn.) was only 44%, which showed the farthest sibship. Piper kadsura (choisy) Ohwi and its adulterants, such as Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand. -Mazz., Piper boehmeriaefolium Wall (Miq.) C. DC. Var. tonkinense C. DC. , Piper laetispicum C. DC., Piper nigrum L., could be identified by comparing their second order derivative IR spectrum of the samples. FTIR technique is a non-destructive analysis method which provides information of functional group, type and hydrogen bond without complex pretreatment procedures such as extraction and separatioin. FTIR method has some characteristics such as rapid and simple analysis procedure, good reproducibility, non-destructive testing, few amount of required sample and low cost and is environment-friendly. The method solved the problems of limit in resource of Piper kadsura (Choisy) Ohwi, many fakes and difficulties in identification, and brought the security for the clinical medication. FTIR provides a new method for identification of Piper kadsura (choisy) Ohwi and its fakes and meets the requirement for comprehensive analy sis and global analysis of traditional Chinese medicine.

A new flavonol C-glycoside and a rare bioactive lignanamide from Piper wallichii Miq. Hand.-Mazz.[Pubmed: 24856762]

This study was conducted to investigate the chemical constituents of Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand.-Mazz. and evaluate their biological activity. Compounds were isolated by various column chromatographic methods, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of physical characteristics and spectral data. The 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)-scavenging activity and acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibitory activity of the compounds were evaluated. Five compounds were obtained and identified as 8-C-β-D-glucopyranosylkaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), 1, 2-dihydro-6,8-dimethoxy-7-hydroxy-1-(3, 5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-N(1), N(2)-bis-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-2, 3-naphthalene dicarboxamide (2), goniothalactam (3), aristololactam A IIIa (4) and piperlonguminine (5). Compound 1 was a new flavonol C-glycoside, 2 was a rare lignanamide, which was isolated from the family Piperaceae for the first time, and compound 3 was isolated from this plant for the first time. Among them, 2 showed potent DPPH-scavenging activity, with IC50 of 31.38 ± 0.97 μmol·L(-1); Compounds 2, 3, and 4 showed AChE inhibitory activity at 100 μmol·L(-1), with inhibition rates of 28.57% ± 1.47%, 18.48% ± 2.41% and 17.4% ± 3.03%, respectively.

[Study on the bioactive constituents of Piper wallichii].[Pubmed: 22734410]

To investigate the bioactive constituents in the stem of Piper wallichii.

[Neolignans and lignan from Piper wallichii].[Pubmed: 20394289]

To investigate the chemical constituents of the aerial part of Piper wallichii. Nine compounds were isolated by various chromatographic techniques and the structures were elucidated by their physicochemical properties and the spectral data analysis. Nine compounds were identified as one lignan (-)-galbelgin (1) and eight neolignans: denudatin B (2), hancinone D (3), (+)-licarin A (4), kadsurenone (5), wallichinine (6), hancinone C (7), hancinone B (8), (+)-burchellin (9). Compounds 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 were isolated from this plant for the first time.

[Study on three aristololatams from Piper wallichii].[Pubmed: 16107026]

To study the chemical constituents from Piper wallichii.

[The isolation and identification of PAF inhibitors from Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand-Mazz and P. hancei Maxim].[Pubmed: 2609983]

Platelet activating factor (PAF) is a highly potent endogenous phospholipid mediator, involved in various inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders. As part of a research program dealing with PAF inhibitors isolated from Piper plant species, we have isolated kadsurenone (I), denudatin B (II), and N-isobutyl-deca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide (III) from Piped wallichii (Miq.) Hand-Mazz. and P. hancei Maxim. In a continuing search for potential PAF inhibitor from plants, using PAF induced platelet aggregation as a guide, a new neolignan named hancinone D (IV) was isolated from P. hancei maxim. By X-ray analysis it was identified as a racemate. The X-ray analysis led to a revision of the previously made structure assignment of hancinone C. Another new neolignan named wallichinine (V), which was identified as an analogue of (IV), along with the known compounds hancinone C (VI), galgravin (VII), dihydropiperlonguminine (VIII) and crotepoxide (IX) were isolated from P. wallichii (Miq.) Hand-Mazz. The structure determination was based upon spectroscopic analysis. All of the compounds were for the first time obtained from both plants. In the test of platelet aggregation caused by PAF, I, II, V, VI, VII showed inhibitory activity, whereas III, IV, VII, IX showed no activity.