Bioactive phenylpropanoid glycosides from Tabebuia avellanedae

Abstract

Three novel phenylpropanoid glycosides 2, 5, 6 were isolated from water extract of Tabebuia avellanedae, together with three known phenylpropanoid glycosides 1, 3, 4. All compounds were identified on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and chemical methods and, for known compounds, by comparison with published data. All isolated compounds showed strong antioxidant activity in the DPPH assay, and compound 5 give the highest antioxidant activity among all compounds, with an IC50 of 0.12 μM. All compounds exhibited moderate inhibitory effect on cytochrome CYP3A4 enzyme. © 2013 by the authors.