New Acacetin Glycosides and Other Phenolics from Agastache Foeniculum and Their Influence on Monoamine Oxidase A and B.

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors are effective therapeutic agents for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and natural flavonoids found in the species Agastache belong to them. In the present study, six new acylated flavone-O-glycosides were isolated from A. foeniculum and identified using UV, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry as agastoside A (acacetin 7-O-(2′′-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), B (acacetin 7-O-(4′′-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), C (acacetin 7-O-(2′′,6′′-di-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), D (acacetin 7-O-(4′′,6′′-di-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), E (acacetin 7-O-(2′′-O-malonyl-6′′-O-acetyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside), and F (acacetin 7-O-(4′′-O-acetyl-6′′-O-malonyl)-β-D-glucopyranoside). Using flash chromatography and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, an additional 34 known phenolic compounds were detected. A study of biological activity showed that A. foeniculum flavonoids had an inhibitory effect on MAO-A and MAO-B, with the greatest effect noted for acacetin 7-O-glucoside acetate and malonate esters, which may be promising compounds for the development new drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]