Phosphodiesterase I-Inhibiting Diels-Alder Adducts from the Leaves of Morus mesozygia

Abstract

A new 2-arylbenzofuran derivative, (+)-dimethylsmoracin O (1), and three new Diels-Alder type adducts, mesozygins A–C (2–4), in addition to eight known compounds, artonin I (5), chalcomaracin (6), norartocarpetin (7), moracin L (8), mulberrofuran F (9), moracin M (10), moracin C (11), and morachalcone A (12), were isolated from the leaves of Morus mesozygia Stapf. Structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data analyses. Compounds 2–7 displayed a potent phosphodiesterase I inhibitory activity.

Key words

Morus mesozygia - Moraceae - Diels-Alder adducts - (+)-dimethylsmoracin O - mesozygins A–C - phosphodiesterase I inhibition

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