Abstract
Extraction of medicinally active components from natural health products has become
an emerging
source for drug discovery. Of particular interest for this work was the finding and
testing of a
new ginsenoside from North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). In the present study,
a large amount of 6″-O-acetylginsenoside Rb1, compound 7, was found
using ultrasonic extraction of North American ginseng with DMSO aqueous solution.
This new
ginsenoside was well identified with MS, FTIR, and 1D (1H and 13C) and 2D
(gCOSY, gHSQC, and gHMBC) NMR. Subsequent bioassay experiments confirmed that compound
7
demonstrated an additional immunosuppressive activity towards inhibiting the production
of
nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor alpha in lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage
cells in a
dose-dependent manner using murine macrophages. This new ginsenoside is encouraging
for the
further exploration and development of novel drugs.
Key words
Panax quinquefolius
- Araliaceae - DMSO - immunosuppressive - 6″-
O-acetylginsenoside Rb
1
- saponin