Abstract:
Six new prenylated flavonoid glycosides, including four new furan-flavonoid glycosides wushepimedoside A–D (
1 –
4 ) and two new prenyl flavonoid derivatives wushepimedoside E–F (
5 –
6 ), and one know analog epimedkoreside B (
7 ) were isolated from biotransformation products of the aerial parts of
Epimedium wushanense. Their structures were elucidated according to comprehensive analysis of HR-MS and NMR spectroscopic data, and the absolute configurations were assigned using experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data. The regulatory activity of compounds
1 –
7 on the production of testosterone in primary rat Leydig cells were investigated, and
4 and
5 exhibited testosterone production-promoting activities. Molecular docking analysis suggested that bioactive compounds
4 and
5 showed the stable binding with 3
β-HSD and
4 also had good affinity with Cyp17A1, which suggested that these compounds may regulate testosterone production through stimulating the expression of the above two key proteins.