Overview of the chemistry and biological activities of natural atisine-type diterpenoid alkaloids

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 14; no. 32; pp. 22882 - 22893
• Main Authors: Zheng, Jiaqi, Jiang, Hongjun, Yan, Yuanfeng, Yin, Tianpeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 19.07.2024; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: Alkaloids; Biological control; Biosynthesis; Chemistry; Cholinesterase
• ISSN: 2046-2069; 2046-2069
• DOI: 10.1039/d4ra03305a

Atisine-type C 20 -diterpenoid alkaloids (DAs) are a very important class of diterpenoid alkaloids, which play an important role in the biosynthesis of DAs. To date, 87 atisine-type DAs and 11 bis-DAs containing an atisine unit have been reported from five genera in two families. The genus Spiraea in Rosaceae family could be regarded as the richest resource for atisine-type DAs, followed by the genera Delphinium and Aconitum in the Ranunculaceae family. Among the reported atisine-type DAs, several possess unprecedented skeletons. Natural atisine-type DAs have a wide range of biological activities, including antitumor, antiplatelet aggregation, biological control, and anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiarrhythmic, and cholinesterase inhibitory effects, which are closely related to their structures. In particular, the antiparasitic effect of atisine-type DAs is more prominent than that of other types of DAs, which highlights their potential in antiparasite drug discovery. In summary, the high chemical and biological diversity of atisine-type DAs indicates their great potential as a vast resource for drug discovery.