Novel Flavones from the Root of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb.

Two new flavones, 6, 7-methylenedioxy-4-hydroxypeltogynan-7′-one (1), cochliophilin B (2), as well as two known ones, cochliophilin A (3) and 6-methoxy-7-hydroxy flavone (4), were isolated from the ethanol extract of the root of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. Compound 1 is a flavanol framework with one δ-lactone unit, which is rather rare in nature. The structures of the new compounds were determined on the basis of extensive spectroscopic (IR, MS, and 1D- and 2D-NMR) analyses, the absolute configuration of 1 was established by comparing experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. The structures of known compounds were fixed by comparison with literatures data. Compounds 2 and 4 showed modest inhibitory activities against BEL-7402 cell line, with IC50 values of 28.22 and 39.16 μmol/L, respectively. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.