Cratagus pinnatifida Bunge (Hawthorn) is widely distributed in the northeast region South Korea. It is used as a medicinal plant to improve digestion, remove retention of food, promote blood circulation and resolve blood stasis both in traditional and...
Cratagus pinnatifida Bunge (Hawthorn) is widely distributed in the northeast region South Korea. It is used as a medicinal plant to improve digestion, remove retention of food, promote blood circulation and resolve blood stasis both in traditional and folk medicine. The monoamine substrates for monoamine oxidase include physiologically and pathologically important monoamine neurotransmitters, which play a central role in the neurological disorder. The study is examined the inhibitory activities against monoamine oxidase A and B of C. pinnatifida fruits using in vitro methods. The 80% methanol extracts from the fruits of C. pinnatifida fractionated successinely with solvent. Among the fractions, ethyl acetate fraction exhibited the most potent activities toward MAO-A (0.13 mg/ml) and MAO-B (0.21 mg/ml). Bioactive compounds were isolated from ethyl acetate fraction of C. pinnatifida with MAO inhibitory activities as guide assays and the chemical structures of isolated active compounds were identified through NMR/FT-IR (Nuclear magnetic resonance/ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). Thus compounds name is compound 1: {[(1-ethoxy-5-methoxy-1.5-dioxopentan-3-yl) amino] methoxy} acetic acid and compound 2: 4-amino-6-methoxy hept-6-enoic acid. IC50 of compound 1 were 0.034 mg/ml, 0.068 mg/m by MAO-A and MAO-B respectively. IC50 of compound 2 were 0.001 mg/ml, 0.025 mg/ml by MAO-A and MAO-B respectiveiy. Compound 2 showed more potent activity than compound 1. The separated materials from fruit of C. pinnatifida Bunge is possible candidate for mental disease of natural materials.