Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Antidiabetic Principles of Natural Medicines. II. Aldose Reductase and α-Glucosidase Inhibitors from Brazilian Natural Medicine, the Leaves of Myrcia multiflora DC. (Myrtacae) : Structures of Myrciacitrins I and II and Myrciaphenones A and B
Masayuki YOSHIKAWAHiromi SHIMADANorihisa NISHIDAYuhao LIIwao TOGUCHIDAJohji YAMAHARAHisashi MATSUDA
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1998 Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages 113-119

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The methanolic extract and ethyl acetate-soluble portion from a Brazilian natural medicine, the leaves of Myrcia multiflora DC., which has been used as a specific medicine against diabetes, were found to show inhibitory activities on aldose reductase and α-glucosidase and on the increase of serum glucose level in sucrose-loaded rats and in alloxan-induced diabetic mice. From the ethyl acetate-soluble portion, new flavanone glucosides, myrciacitrins I and II, and new acetophenone glucosides, myrciaphenones A and B, were isolated together with several known compounds such as five flavonol glycosides, myricitrin, mearnsitrin, quercitrin, desmanthin-1, and guaijaverin. The structures of new compounds were determined on the basis of physicochemical and chemical evidence. The principal components of this natural medicine including new glucosides, myrciacitrin I and myrciaphenone B, were found to show potent inhibitory activities on aldose reductase and α-glucosidase.

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