Abstract
A methanol extract of the leaves of Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp. afforded four new acylbenzene derivatives (1–4) together with seven known compounds (5–11). The structures of 1–11 were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods and comparison with the literature data. The new compounds 1–3 and a known compound, campest-4-en-3-one (10), exhibited a significant protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 13.1 ± 0.1, 5.77 ± 0.15, 4.01 ± 0.26, and 10.4 ± 0.5 µM, respectively. The inhibitory potency of the new compounds 2 and 3 was comparable to that of a positive control RK-682 (IC50, 5.51 ± 0.04 µM).
Key words
protein tyrosin phosphatase 1B - PTP1B - Indonesian medicinal plant -
Syzygium polyanthum
- Myrtaceae - daun salam - salam