Anti-AIDS Agents, 6. Salaspermic Acid, an Anti-HIV Principle from Tripterycium wilfordii, and the Structure-activity Correlation with its Related Compounds
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Natural Products
- Vol. 55 (3) , 340-346
- https://doi.org/10.1021/np50081a010
Abstract
Salaspermic acid [1], an inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase and HIV replication in H9 lymphocyte cells, was isolated from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii for the first time. The structure of 1 derived from spectral data was established unequivocally by an X-ray analysis of crystals of the monohydrate. A structure-activity correlation of 1 with ten related compounds indicated that the acetal linkage in ring A and the carboxyl group in ring E of 1 may be required for the anti-HIV activity.Keywords
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