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  • Title: Conformational analysis of antistaphylococcal sesquiterpene lactones from Inula helenium essential oil.
    Author: Blagojević PD, Radulović NS.
    Journal: Nat Prod Commun; 2012 Nov; 7(11):1407-10. PubMed ID: 23285795.
    Abstract:
    Isomeric eudesmane-type sesquiterpene lactones: alantolactone (1), isoalantolactone (2) and diplophyllin (3), the main constituents of Inula helenium L. root essential oil, are strong antistaphylococcal agents. Energetically favorable conformations of these were calculated (MM+ and MMFF94 molecular mechanics and AM1 and PM3 semi-empirical methods) and mutually compared. The compounds were additionally described in terms of selected 2D and 3D molecular descriptors. Alantolactone and isoalantolactone mainly adopt "U"-shaped conformations (>99%, calculated at 298 K; "closed" geometries), with the carbonyl moiety being rather sterically hindered by the axial methyl group. In contrast, the cyclohexene and lactone rings of diplophyllin are mutually oriented in such a way to give the overall "S"-shape to the molecule ("open" geometry). These conformational differences, inherently influencing the optimal interaction of lactones 1-3 with the binding region of target biomolecules, could be, at least partially, responsible for the higher observed antistaphylococcal activity of diplophyllin in comparison with the other two isomeric lactones.
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