Abstract:Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents of the brach of Macaranga adenantha, and evaluate their TNF-α inhibitory activity. Method: The chemical conshifuents were isolated and purified by chromatographic methods. Structures of the compounds were identified by spectroscopic methods. The TNF-α secretion inhibitory activity of the mouse peritoneal macrophages was evaluated by MTT methods. Result: Ten compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as: cleomiscosin A (1), cleomiscosin B (2), ellagic acid 4-O-α-D-rhamnopyranside (3), ellagic acid 4-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (4), vanillic acid (5), (24R)-stigmast-4-en-3-one (6), (24R)-stigmast-3, 6-dione (7), (24R)-6β-hydroxy-stigmast-4-en-3-one (8), daucosterol (9), β-sitosteryl glucoside-6′-O-heptadecoicate (10). At a concentration of 10 μmol·L-1, compounds 1, 3 and 4 showed inhibitory activity to TNF-α secretion of the mouse peritoneal macrophages with the inhibitory rates of 57.0%, 64.4%,
and 57.4%, respectively. Conclusion: All compounds were isolated from genus Macaranga for the first time. Compounds 1, 3, and 4 were active against TNF-α secretion of the mouse peritoneal macrophages.