Four new andrographolide metabolites in human urine

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2004 Jun;52(6):772-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.52.772.

Abstract

Andrographolide is one of principal components of a famous traditional Chinese herbal medicine Andrographis paniculate (BURM) NEES. Four new metabolites of andrographolide were isolated from human urine. All of them were characterized as sulfate and one of them also as a cysteine S-conjugate. The structures were determined to be andrographolide-3-O-sulfate (M-1), isoandrographolide-3-O-sulfate (M-2), 14-deoxyandrographolide-3-O-sulfate (M-3), 14-deoxy-12-(cysteine-S-yl)-andrographolide-3-O-sulfate (M-4), respectively, based on chemical evidence and spectroscopic analyses.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / metabolism
  • Diterpenes / urine*
  • Humans
  • Male

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • andrographolide