Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Chrozophora plicata

Fourteen compounds (1-14) namely 3-carbomethoxyindole (1), 6-hydroxy-7- methoxycoumarin (2), methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (3), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4), p-coumaric acid (5), oleanolic acid (6), 4-ketopinoresinol (7), apigenin (8), apigenin-7-p-coumerate (9) apigenin-7-O- β-D-glucopyranoside (10), acacetin-7-O-[4-hydroxy-E-cinnamoyl-(6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (11), apigenin-7-O-[4-hydroxy-E-cinnamoyl-(6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (12), apigenin 7-O-β-D-[2",6"- bis(4-hydroxy-E-cinnamoyl)]glucopyranoside (13) and apigenin 7-O-rutinoside (14) were isolated from the methanolic extract of the whole plant of Chrozophora plicata. The structures of these compounds were confirmed by UV, IR, NMR (1H and13C) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (EIMS, HREIMS, FABMS, HRFABMS) and in comparison with reported data in literature. These isolates (1-14) showed DPPH radical scavenging and enzyme inhibitory activities against enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and lipoxygenase (LOX).