The Gin berry, Orange berry or Ban Nimbu shrub is a member of the Rutaceae family. It is found in southeast Asia and northern Australia. It is a hot-house plant which is cultivated for its edible pink fruits. There may be some interesting compounds associated with the plant.
Three new phenolic glycosides, named as glycopentosides A–C and nine known compounds were isolated from the n-BuOH extract of stems of Glycosmis pentaphylla (Tian et al. 2014). Their structures were determined by using spectroscopic and chemical methods. Bioassay showed that an isolated tachioside inhibited nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharides-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells with IC50 value of 12.14 μM.
References
Murugan N, Srinivasan R, Murugan A, Kim M, Natarajan D. Glycosmis pentaphylla (Rutaceae): A Natural Candidate for the Isolation of Potential Bioactive Arborine and Skimmianine Compounds for Controlling Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Front Public Health. 2020;8:176. Published 2020 Jun 10. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00176
Tian, E.L., Cui, Y.-Y., Yang G,-Z.,Zhi-Nan Mei, Z.-N., & Yu Chen, Y. (2014) Phenolic glycosides from Glycosmis pentaphylla. J. Asian Natural Products Res. 16 (12), pp. 1119-1125
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