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tangeretin are more potent inhibitors of tum our under vacuum and the yields of hexane, chloro
cell growth than hydroxylated flavonoids. This dif form and acetone extracts were 5.0, 1.6 and 3.6 g,
ference in activity may be due to better mem brane respectively. TLC of hexane and chloroform ex
uptake of the PMF since methoxylation of the tracts (hexane:EtOAc, 85:15 v/v) showed three
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B acteria M IC (|ig/m l)
G ram positive
Bacillus cereus 500 500 600 300 600
Bacillus coagulans 600 800 800 500 800
Bacillus subtilis 600 700 800 500 800
Staphylococcus aureus 600 800 1000 300 800
G ram negative
Escherichia coli 1600 1600 2200 1200 1800
P seudom onas aeruginosa 1000 1200 1600 600 1000
Table II. 'H N M R chem ical shifts (<5H in CDC13) of com Table III. 13C N M R chem ical shifts (d c in CDC13) of
pounds 1 -3 . com pounds 1 -3 .
H 1 2 3 C 1 2 3
3 6.63 (s) 6.60 (s) 6.63 (s) 2 164.5 161.6 162.4
2' 7.44 (d) (7=1.9) 7.50 (d) (7=2.1) 7.89 (d) (7=8.9) 3 104.5 107.4 106.8
3' ---- ----- 7.04 (d) (7=8.9)
5' 7.02 (d) (7=8.5) 7.10 (d) (7=9.0) 7.06 (d) (7=8.9)
4 183.6 177.7 177.4
6' 7.60 (dd) 7.60 (dd) 7.90 (d) 5 150.1 144.7 144.2
(7=1.6,9.0) (7=2.0, 9.00) (7=9.0) 6 137.2 138.6 138.2
OCH, 4.13 4.35 4.13 7 153.6 151.9 151.5
OCH, 4.00 4.10 4.04 8 133.6 148.2 148.5
OCH, 3.99 4.05 3.97 9 146.4 148.9 147.8
OCH, 3.97 4.05 3.97 10 107.6 115.4 114.9
OCH, 3.96 4.05 3.91
1' 124.3 124.6 123.9
OCH, 4.05
4'-O H 12.56 --- 2' 111.9 109.4 127.8
3' 150.0 149.9 114.6
C hem ical shift values are in ppm and J values in p a re n 4' 153.1 152.6 161.3
theses (H z), 5' 109.4 111.9 114.5
s- singlets, 6' 120.8 120.2 127.7
d- doublets. 6 -O C H 3 62.7 62.7 62.3
7 -O C H 3 62.3 62.4 62.0
8 -O C H 3 61.7 62.3 61.9
5 -O C H 3 ------ 61.7 61.7
rophthora, Penicillium digitatum and Geotrichum 3 '-O C H 3 56.6 56.6 ------
species. Piatelli and Impellizzeri (1971) also re 4 '-O C H 3 56.7 56.5 55.6
ported antifungal activity of tangertin against
Deuterophoma tracheiphila, the fungus responsi
ble for the highly destructive citrus disease known 100%), 327 ( 6 %), 259 (4%), 194 (10% ), 186
as Mal-secco. (20%), 165 ( 8 %), 156 (5%), 147 (5% ), 127 (14%),
91 (14%), 60 (60%). Compound 1 was identified
Spectral and chemical characteristics as desmethylnobiletin ( 6 ,7,8 ,3',4' pentamethoxy-5-
Compound 1 hydroxy-flavone) from these spectral data, chemi
Pale yellow needles (M eOH); mp 144-145 °C; cal and physical properties (Kinoshita and Fir
R f 0.65; UV (M eOH) Amax cm " 1 245, 284, 341; man, 1996).
AICI3 263, 363, 368; A1C13 + HC1 290, 356; NaOM e
291, 314, 398; NaOAc 244, 284, 344; NaOAc + Compound 2
H 3B O 3 244, 284, 341. MS, m /z (% ) 388 (M +, Pale yellow needles (M eOH); mp 138-139 °C;
100%), 373 (M + -CH3, 18%), 358 (M +- O C H 3, R f 0.30; UV (M eOH) Amax c n r 1 247, 271, 324;
A IC I3 270, 324; A1C13 + H C l 270, 324; NaOAc 270, Fractionation of hexane and chloroform extracts
324. MS, m /z (% ) 402 (M +, 25%), 387 (M+ -C H 3, by E tO H precipitation provides the enrichm ent of
100%), 371 (M + -O C H 3, 5% ), 359 (4%), 344 (9%), the antimicrobial activity. This enriched fraction
182 (15%), 162 (9% ), 153 (5%), 147 (6 %), 119 was subjected to silica gel column chromatography
(7% ), 91 (10%), 83 (24%). Compound 2 was iden using hexane and EtOAc with increasing polarity
tified as nobiletin (5,6,7,8,3',4'-hexamethoxyfla- to obtain three compounds 1-3 in crystalline
vone) from these spectral data, chemical and phys form. Based on the spectral data compounds 1, 2
ical properties (Del Rio et al., 1998). and 3 (Fig. 1) are identified as desmethylnobiletin,
nobiletin and tangeretin, respectively (Roitman
Com pound 3 and James, 1985; Horie et al., 1998; Sugiyama et
Colourless needles (M eOH); mp 156-157 °C; al., 1993).
R f 0.35; UV (M eO H ) 2max cm “ 1 244, 271, 322;
A IC I3 244, 271, 322; A1C13 + HC1 242, 271, 322;
Conclusions
NaOAc 248, 271, 322. MS, m /z (% ) 372 (M+,
20%), 357 (M + -CH3, 100%), 341 (M+ -OCH3, Hexane, chloroform and acetone extracts of
3% ), 329 (5% ), 314 (16% ), 296 (14%), 225(10%), peels of Citrus reticulata were found to posses anti
197 (50%), 182 (25% ), 167 (10%), 153 ( 8 %), 135 bacterial activity. Active principles were enriched
(24%), 132 (40% ), 117 (20%), 89 (30%), 83 in to the E tO H soluble fraction of hexane and
(60%). Compound 3 was identified as tangeretin chloroform extracts. E tO H soluble fraction was
(5,6,7,8,4'-pentamethoxyflavone) from these found to exhibit a high degree of antibacterial ac
spectral data, chemical and physical properties tivity and has the potential to be used as a biopres
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