Chemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Hydnophytum formicarum Jack.

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International Journal of Pharmacology 8 (5): 440-444, 2012 ISSN 1811-7775 DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2012.110.111 2012 Asian Network for Scientific Information Chemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Hydnophytum formicarum Jack. S. Prachayasittikul, R. Pingaew, 13V. Yamkamon, A. Worachartcheewan, 1S. Wanwimolruk, S. Ruchirawal and V. Prachayasittikul Center for Innovation Development and Technology Transfer, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Department of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University. Bangkok 10700, Thailand *Center of Data Mining and Biomedical Informatics, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand 'Chulabhorn Research Institute and Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Bangkok 10210, Thailand 'Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand Abstract: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack., a medicinal plant possesses diverse bioactivities. IIerein, inorganic and organic constituents including antioxidant property of its tuber extracts are reported. Analysis of the extracts by ICP-AES, twenty-two elements (Be, Al, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn, Ba, P, Li, Sr, Rb, 11g, TI, In, Pb, Cd, As, Cs, Na, K and Mg) were found. Among these are common essential elements c.g., Mn, Fe, Zn and Cr with important roles in life. Repeated chromatographic isolations of methanol extract afforded sodium and potassium chlorides. Bioactive SS-sitosterol was found in hexane and chloroform extracts. Significamilly, radical scavenging activity of the extract derived from different growing areas exhibited comparable activity with IC, range 8.410-8.79 μg mL. The findings provide data to support the use of H. formicarum Jack. as a traditional medicine. Key words: Hydnophytum formicarum Jack., antioxidants, essential elements, ICP-AES INTRODUCTION Hydnophylum formicarum Jack. (Rubiaceae) has a long history of uses, in the Thai folk remedy, as a combination with other medicinal plants. Its tuber has cardiovascular, anti-inflammatory and antiparasitic effects (Prommee, 1988) as well as has been used for treatment of cancer (Itharat et al., 2004), hepatitis, rheumatism, diarrhea (Nguyen et al., 2004; Ueda et al., 2002) and headache (Beckstrom-Sternberg et al., 1994). The plant species has been reported as a potent source of natural antioxidants constituting flavonoids and phenolic compounds (Trachayasittikul et al., 2008) e.g., isoliquiritigenin, butin butein, protocatechualdehyde including stigmasterol. All of which were isolated from the H. formicarum Jack. extracts (hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate). Phenolic compounds constitute one of the most abundant. groups of natural metabolites and are synthesized by plants for self-protection from biological and environmental stresses (Ahmad et al., 2010). Besides a variety of pharmacological active compounds, medicinal plants contain essential and trace elements (Anhwange et al., 2004, Shar et al., 2002, Mahmud et al., 2002) that can be available to the human boxly from the consumption of herbs and their extracts (Querall et al., 2005). This leads to determine inorganic constituents of the II. formicarum Jack. extracts using an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry, ICP-AES (El-Sayed et al., 2011; Moshki et al., 2012). Considering the literature reports therefore, isolations of constituents from methanol plant extract was investigated. Our previous study showed that the ethyl acetale extract. of H. formicarum Jack. was the most potent antioxidant. Thus, the antioxidant activity (Aisha et al., 2011; Geethalakshmi et al., 2010; Gill et al., 2009; Uddin et al., 2008) of the plant extracts obtaining from different growing areas was compared. MATERIALS AND METHODS General: Melting points were determined on the Electrothermal melting point apparatus (Electrothermal Corresponding Author: Virapong Prachayasittikul, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Teclinology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand Tel: -662-441-4376, +662-441-4380 440

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Int. J. Pharmacol., 8 (5): 440-444, 2012 9100) and are uncorrected. H- and C-NMR spectra were recorded on ra Varian XL-300 MHz using deuterochloroform solution with tetramethylsilane as an internal standard Mass spectra were determined using a Fimugan 4021 (Data System InCos 2100). Infrared spectra (IR) were obtained on a Perkin Elmer System 2000 FTIR. Inorganic constituents were analyzed by the Inductively Couple Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), SPS 7000, Seiko Instruments. Column chromatography was carried out using silica gel 60 (0.063-0.200 mm) and silica gel 60 (particle size less than 0.063 mm). Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) was carried out on silica gel 60 PF (cat. No. 774 E., Merck) 2,2-diphenyl-1picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and a-tocopherol were obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. (USA). Plant material: Tubers of H. formicarum Jack. were collected from Makham district, Chanthaburi Province and Khlong Takrao district, Sa Kaeo Province and have been identified (BKF 135252) by The Forest. Herbarium. Royal Forestry Department, Bangkok. The voucher specimens have been deposited at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirol. University, Bangkok, Thailand. Extraction: The milled air dried tubers of H. formicarum Jack. (4 kg), collected from Chanthaburi Province, were extracted twice with hexane 8 T. (7 days) al room temperature, followed by filtration. The combined filtrate was evaporated in vacuo to give the hexane extract (30 g). Similar extractions were conducted using chloroform and methanol to afford the corresponding chloroform (59 g) and methanol extracts (92 g). Elemental analysis: The analysis of plant extract was performed by the ICP-AES using argon as plasma gas, carrier gas and auxiliary gas with flow rate of 6-7 L min. The plant extracts (hexane 280, chloroform 230 and methanol 580 mg) were digested by come H₂SO (2 m.) and 110, (5 mL) at 300°C for 5 h. After cooling, distilled water was added to make a total volume of 100 ml., then filtered to obtain the solutions for the analysis. Each plant extract was injected to the analyzer in triplicates. Isolation: The hexane extract (10 g) was isolated and purified by a silica gel (300 g) column, then cluted with increasing polarity of solvents. Fractions were collected and combined as appropriate based on TLC chromatograms; hexane: CHCI, (3:7) gave a solid (7 g) which was re-separated by silica gel (130 g) column. Elution with CHCI: MeOH (7:3) provided a viscous oil (4.8 g) Recrystallization from methanol afforded SS-sitosterol (90 mg) of m.p. 138-140°C (Lit m.p. 141°C (Pouchert and Bekke, 1993). H- and C-NMR MS and IR spectral data were recorded. The chloroform extract (21 g) was separated by the silica gel (400 g) column to give a solid (4g) from CHC1: MeOH (7:3) elution. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate gave an unidentified solid (70 mg). The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and recrystallized from methanol to afford SS-sitosterol (5 mg). The methanol extract (30 g) was separated by the silica gel (600 g) column eluting by CHCL, MeOH (4:6) provided a brown solid (15 g) which was re-separated by silica gel column to give 4.1 g of solid (A), mp>250°C. Inorganic analysis: The solid A was tested with a solution of AgNO. while precipitate of AgCl was observed. When A was tested with a solution of zinc uranyl acetate, a yellow precipitate of zinc uranyl sodium acetate was formed. Similarly, the solid A gave a yellow precipitate of potassium hexanitro-cobaltate when tested with a solution of solium hexanilro cobaltale (Vogel 1968). Antioxidant assay (DPPH): When DPPH (a stable purple color radical) reacts with an antioxidant, it is reduced to form a light-yellow colored of diphenylpicrylhydrazine which can be spectrophotometrically recorded. A solution of DPPII (0.1 mM) was prepared in methanol. After an incubation of the DPPH solution and sample for 30 min, an absorbance was measured using UV-Visible spectrophotometer (UV-1610, Shimadzu) at 517 nm. The percentage of radical scavenging activity was calculated from the following equation: Radical scavenging activity (%) = Abs. × 100 Abs where, Abszor is the absorbance of the control reaction and Abs.comple is the absorbance of the tested compound. -Tocopherol was used als +1. control (Prachay asitlikul et al., 2010). The ethyl acetate extracts for this study were prepared from the plants collected from Chanthaburi and Sa Kaeo provinces, as described previously (Prachayasittikul et al., 2008). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The ICP-AES results showed that the H. formicarum Jack. extracls (hexane, chloroform and methanol) contained twenty-two elements (Table 1). Six essential elements (Mn, Fe, Zn, Ca, Cr and P) were present in ppm levels in the hexane extract. A therapeutic element, Li was contained in the chloroform extract. On the other hand 441

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Int. J. Pharmacol., 8 (5): 440-444, 2012 Sample Hexane Table 1: Elements of II formicarum Jack. Eletricnl (ppm) extract The Al Ca Mn Ge 0.15 1.47 0.74 0.23 0.14 Zn Va P 0.20 0.05 0.00 7.57 Sa Kaeo Drug store Table 2: Radical scavenging activity (DPPIT) at II. formicorum Jack. Ethyl acetate extract Charathaburi DPPII activity, IC, (µg mL-¹) 870 8.49 8.40° Chloroform extract "From (Prachay as ittikul et al., 2008) Li Sr Kb Hg 0.31 0.03 8.31 T In b Cd As C's 1.18 9.67 9.42 2.59 0.08 1.99 1910.00 Methanol extract. K 40.60 Mg 0.49 Mn 0.02 Fe 0.19 Na 35.60 "Approximate values heavy toxic metals e.g., IIg, Pb and Cd were found in the chloroform extract together with the highest content of Cs (1910 ppm). The methanol extract constituted K and Na as major essential metal ions including ions of Mg, Mn and F'e. It is notable that the elements found in this medicinal plant have vital roles in life eg., ions of K, Ca, Mg, Fc and Zn are essential to all organisms with the possible exception of blue green algae (in case of K*) (Singh et al.. 2010 Toumekli et al., 2010; Ranade-Malvi, 2011; Rodriguez-Navarro and Rubio, 2006). Recently, K¯ has been reported to have direct synergistic effect with two ionic micronutrients namely, Fe and Mn (Ramade-Malvi, 2011). Arsenic plays a role in metabolism of methyl compounds. Deficiency of the arsenic will impair growth reproduction and heart function (Singh et al., 2010. Other elements, for example Fe, Cu, Mn and Co are important components of many antioxidant processes (Slavica et al., 2005). Toxicities of heavy toxic metals like Pb, IIg and Cd depend on the allowed daily intake amount (Singh et al., 2010). The methanol extract of the plant species was isolated and purified by repeated silica gel column and recrystallization to provide a solid A (4.1 g) with m.p>250°C, highly water soluble but insoluble in organic solvents. Its IR spectra showed no absorption bands of any functional groups. This observation suggested that. the solid A was likely to be inorganic compounds. Thus, the inorganic analysis was conducted (Vogel, 1968). The results suggest that the solid A possibly contains sodium and potassium chlorides. This is in accorded with the ICP-AES analysis that the methanol extract contained Na (35.60 ppm) and K (10.60 ppm) Additionally, the hexane and chloroform plant extracts were isolated and purified by silica gel column to give SS-sitosterol in 90 and 5 mg, respectively. Its structure was confirmed by comparing the spectral data (data not shown) with that of an authentic sample (Pouchert and Bekke, 1993). Previously, the methanol extract of H. formicarum Jack. was reported to contain a mixture of stigmasterol and SS-sitosterol, hydroxybenzoic acid ester, resorcine and 7,3',5'-trihydroxyflavanone. Some of these exhibited antiproliferative activity (Hasmah et al., 2008). SS-sitosterol is the bioactive compound with antiinflammatory and antipyretic effects (Gupta et al., 1980) as well as antihypercholesterolemic activity (Ikeda et al., 1981). Our previous study showed that the ethyl acetate extract displayed the highest radical scavenging activity (Prachayasittikul et al., 2008). To determine whether the plant species collected from different growing areas will exhibit the same or different antioxidant activity. Thus, the radical scavenging activity (DPPH) of the plant ethyl acetale extracts; collected from Chanthaburi and Sa Kaco were investigated to compare with the one obtained from the drug store (Prachayasittikul et al., 2008). Significantly, the extracts (Table 2) of H. formicorum Jack. from three different sources displayed comparable antioxidant activity with TC range 8.40-8.79 µg m1.-1. This is crucial for its efficacy as traditional medicine. It was reported that antioxidant compounds exerted their activity through radical scavenging capacity and metal binding catalyst (Prachayasittikul et al., 2008; Ahmad et al., 2010; Kaur et al., 2008). From the analysis results of hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts (Table 1), it could be assumed that those containing inorganic constituents may originate as metal ligands (electron donor groups). coordinated compounds. Similarly, the ethyl acetate extract of phenolic compounds with the highest antioxidative activity (Prachayasittikul et al., 2008). could possibly contain some inorganic ions. CONCLUSION The study describes the presence of essential metal ions and bioactive sterol of H. formicarum Jack.. The significant antioxidant potency of the H. formicarum Jack. collected from different areas is observed. This provides data to support the use of H. formicarum Jack. as the Thai traditional medicine. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We gratefully acknowledge the supports by the Office of the Higher Education Commission and Mahidol University under the National Research Universities Initiative and by the research grant of Mahidol University (B.L. 2551-2555). 442

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