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Iridoid constituents from the flower buds and inflorescences of Buddleja officinalis and their anti-pulmonary fibrosis activity

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Xiao-Yu Yuan
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Xue Gong
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Shi-Ying Yuan
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Wei-Jin Meng
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Chen-Hao Yu
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Shaojun Wang
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Xiao-Tian Zhang
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Jun-Cheng Su *
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万落生 (Luo-Sheng Wan) *
DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2026.114890delete
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Although the floral parts of Buddleja officinalis are traditionally employed to alleviate several pulmonary conditions, their associated bioactive constituents have yet to be identified. In our search for anti-pulmonary fibrotic agents from medicinal plants, 12 previously undescribed iridoids (1-5 and 7-13), along with one known analogue (6), were isolated from the flower buds and inflorescences of this plant. Their structures were elucidated through comprehensive spectroscopic analyses and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 1-3 were rare chlorinated iridoids, whereas the remaining ten possessed a dihydrocatalpolgenin core. All isolates were evaluated for anti-fibrotic activity in a TGF-/31-induced NIH/3T3 fibrosis model. Among them, compound 12 exhibited the most potent activity, with an IC50 of 0.20 mu M and a favorable selectivity index (SI = 49.5), representing five-fold increase in potency over the positive control SB431542 (IC50 = 1.00 mu M). Mechanistic investigations further revealed that 12 attenuated fibroblast proliferation, migration, and myofibroblast activation, and selectively restored the dysregulated MMP/TIMP axis to re-establish extracellular-matrix homeostasis.
Keywords:
Buddleja officinalis
Scrophulariaceae
Iridoid
Anti-fibrotic activity

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Phytochemistry
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