Receptor

Enzyme

Kaempferol

Apigenin

Stereochemistry

Glycation

Luteolin

Chemistry

Aldose reductase

In vitro

Chlorogenic acid

Antioxidant

Isorhamnetin

Flavonoid

Chromatography

Biochemistry

Archives of Pharmacal Research

In an ongoing project directed toward the discovery of novel treatments for diabetic complications from traditional herbal medicines, fifteen compounds, apigenin (1), apigenin-7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (2), apigenin-7-O-(6″-O-acetyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside (3), luteolin (4), luteolin-7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (5), luteolin-7-O-(6″-O-acetyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside (6), isorhamnetin-3-Oneohesperidoside (7), 4-O-caffeoylquinic acid (8), chlorogenic acid methyl ester (9), 4-O-β-d-glucopyranosylcaffeic acid (10), lobetyolin (11), cordifolioidyne C (12), isomultiflorenyl acetate (13), β-sitosterol glucoside (14), and α-spinosterol (15), were isolated from an EtOAc-soluble fraction of the flowers of Platycodon grandiflorum (balloonflower; Campanulaceae). The structures of the compounds were identified by physical and spectroscopic methods, as well as by comparison of their data with literature values. All the isolates were evaluated in vitro for inhibitory activity on the formation of advanced glycation end products and rat lens aldose reductase.

Constituents of the flowers of Platycodon grandiflorum with inhibitory activity on advanced glycation end products and rat lens aldose reductase in vitro