Anti-AIDS agents, 4. Tripterifordin, a novel anti-HIV principle from Tripterygium wilfordii: isolation and structural elucidation.

K Chen, Q A Shi, T Fujioka, D C Zhang, C Q Hu, J Q Jin, R E Kilkuskie, K H Lee

Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.

Journal of natural products 1992 Jan

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A new kaurane-type diterpene lactone, tripterifordin [1], has been isolated from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including the concerted application of a number of 2D nmr techniques that involved the 1H-1H COSY, heteronucleus-detected variants of the heteronuclear chemical shift correlation (HETCOR), phase-sensitive NOESY, and long-range HETCOR. Compound 1 shows anti-HIV replication activity in H9 lymphocyte cells with an EC50 of 1 microgram/ml.

Citation

K Chen, Q A Shi, T Fujioka, D C Zhang, C Q Hu, J Q Jin, R E Kilkuskie, K H Lee. Anti-AIDS agents, 4. Tripterifordin, a novel anti-HIV principle from Tripterygium wilfordii: isolation and structural elucidation. Journal of natural products. 1992 Jan;55(1):88-92