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Advances in chemistry and bioactivity of the genus Erythroxylum

  • Yulian Lv 1,2 ,  
  • Tian Tian 1,2 ,  
  • Yong-Jiang Wang 1,2 ,  
  • Jian-Ping Huang 1,3 ,  
  • Sheng-Xiong Huang 1
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Received date: 3 January 2022; Accepted: 28 March 2022; Published online: 14 April 2022

Abstract

Erythroxylum P. Browne is the largest and most representative genus of Erythroxylaceae family. It contains approximately 230 species that are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Some species in this genus, such as E. monogynum and E. coca, have been used as folk medicines in India or South America for a long history. It is well known that Erythroxylum plants are rich in tropane alkaloids, and the representative member cocaine shows remarkable activity in human central nervous system. However, many other types of active compounds have also been found in Erythroxylum along with the broadening and deepening of phytochemical research. To date, a total of 383 compounds from Erythroxylum have been reported, among which only 186 tropane alkaloids have been reviewed in 2010. In this review, we summarized all remained 197 compounds characterized from 53 Erythroxylum species from 1960 to 2021, which include diterpenes, triterpenes, alkaloids, flavonoids, and other derivates, providing a comprehensive overview of phytoconstituents profile of Erythroxylum plants. In addition, the biological activities of representative phytochemicals and crude extracts were also highlighted.

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Erythroxylum    Natural products    Phytoconstituent    Bioactivity    
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1 Introduction

In the long evolutionary process of nature, plants have acquired the ability to synthesize various compounds to better adapt to stimulations in the environment. The accumulation of practical experience has made human realize that these substances are also of significant importance for the treatment of human diseases and the improvement of the quality of life. With the support of technology in compound extraction, separation and structural identification, the active substances in traditional herbs are gradually being discovered by humans. Therefore, modern medicine based on a single or several compounds has been developed. With the deepening of research on plant natural products, new biologically active compounds are constantly being discovered and further applied in medicine, health care and agriculture. Sorting out and summarizing the plant distribution, structure, and activity characteristics of these newly discovered phytocompounds will confer us effective information in rational use of plant resources.

Erythroxylum P. Browne, the representative genus of Erythroxylaceae family, is especially well known for its phytoconstituents of tropane alkaloids (TAs), such as cocaine [1, 2]. Species of this genus are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions including South America, South Africa, Southeast Asia and Australian flora [2]. As the largest genus of the Erythroxylaceae family, approximately 230 species are included in Erythroxylum [2], among which E. coca and E. novogranatense are the famous plant sources of cocaine. Before achieving the purification of cocaine from plants in 1859 [3], the leaves of E. coca or E. novogranatense had been chewed by the Indigenous South American as stimulant and hunger-suppressant for over a thousand years. The remarkable biological activity of cocaine in human central nervous system attracted widespread attention to compounds in plants of this genus. Accordingly, numerous of cocaine analogs (TAs), as well as other bioactive compounds have been found in Erythroxylum [4, 5].

To date, no comprehensive summary on chemical compositions found in Erythroxylum species and their bioactivities has been reported, though Oliveira et al. [6] presented an excellent review focusing on structures of TAs isolated from this genus in 2010 and Dr. John D'Auria' s group discussed application potentials of Erythroxylum species worldwide in mental health, nutrition, agriculture, and commercialization based on studies on representative compounds discovered in this genus [7]. Attracted by the diverse biological activity of compounds found in Erythroxylum, which included anaesthetic [8], antioxidative [9, 10], anti-inflammatory [9], cytotoxic [11], anticancer [12], and insecticidal activities [13], as well as neutralization of snake venom [14], we therefore aimed to provide a comprehensive review of all compounds reported in Erythroxylum species from 1960 to 2021 and an update of alkaloids isolated after 2010 here, which is supposed to be essential for further effective development and utilization of plant resources in the genus in the future. Additionally, we also presented an overview of the biological activities of representative phytochemicals and crude extracts at the end of the review, providing medicinal and commercial application prospects of Erythroxylum species.

2 Chemical composition

Based on the published results dedicated to study chemical composition of Erythroxylum species, 383 compounds, including diterpenes, triterpenes, flavonoids, alkaloids, and other derivates, have been found in 67 Erythroxylum species. Among these, 186 TAs compounds identified in Erythroxylum plants before 2010 have been systematically reviewed by Oliveira et al. [6]. Therefore, here we summarized all remained 197 compounds characterized from 53 Erythroxylum species from 1960 to 2021, which include diterpenes, triterpenes, alkaloids, flavonoids, and other derivates.

According to the literature, Erythroxylum plants are rich in alkaloids. Especially E. coca, E. coca var. coca, and E. novogranatense var. novogranatense, the content of total alkaloids varies from 0.5% to 2.4% in leaves (dry mass, Table 1) [15]. Particularly, high cocaine content (0.13%-0.76% dry mass) was found in E. coca and E. novogranatense leaves [16]. In 2006, Stefan Bieri et al. [17] analyzed the cocaine distribution in 51 plant species and cocaine was detected only in 23 Erythroxylum species with the content less than 0.001% (dry leaves). High production of total phenols, total tannins and total flavonoids of up to 17.97%, 8.4%, and 3.87% (dry leaves), respectively, was reported in E. suberosum, E. tortuosum, and E. deciduum [18] (Table 1). Additionally, the total diterpenes content determined in stems of E. australe and E. pictum ranged from 0.09% to 1.8% (dry mass, Table 1).

Table 1

Tabel 1 The content of principal components in several Erythroxylum species

Species Total alkaloids (dry leaves) (%) Total phenols (dry leaves) (%) Total tannins (dry leaves) (%) Total flavonoids (dry leaves) (%) Total diterpenes (dry stems) (%) Refs.
E. coca 0.5–1.5 [15]
E. coca var. coca 1.05–2.26 [19]
E. novogranatense var. novogranatense 1.4–2.4 [19]
E. suberosum 17.97 6.31 3.87 [18]
E. tortuosum 10 8.4 0.064 [18]
E. deciduum 12.04 0.87 1.37 [18]
E. australe 1.8 [5]
E. pictum 0.09–1.1% [20]

2.1 Diterpenes

Plants of Erythroxylum are rich in diterpenoids, which have been extensively studied since the last century. In particular, Connolly [21-24] and Kapadi [25-27], who focused on investigating diterpenoids of E. monogynum in 1960s, provided the earliest knowledge of diterpenoids in Erythroxylum species. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and chemical reactions, they and their coworkers elucidated the structures of 17 diterpenoids in E. monogynum. To date, about 11 types of diterpene skeletons (a–k) have been identified from plants in this genus (Fig. 1). Based on the number of rings in the diterpene skeletons, diterpenes found in Erythroxylum species could be divided into bicyclic diterpenes, tricyclic diterpenes, and tetracyclic diterpenes.

Fig. 1

Skeletons of diterpenes found in Erythroxylum plants

2.1.1 Bicyclic diterpenes

Labdane is a typical bicyclic diterpene, which forms the structural skeleton for many diterpene compounds found in plants [28-30]. In Erythroxylum, six ent-labdane derivatives (1–6) have been isolated and characterized from nine species of this genus in the past decades [20, 31, 32] (Table 2). Additionally, Ansell [20] et al. first found six 4, 5-seco-rosane derivative diterpenoids (7–12) from E. pictum in 1993 (Table 2). Since these derivatives were shown to be characteristic of E. pictum, they named this novel bicyclic diterpene skeleton, 4, 5-seco-rosane, as pictane. Later, they found one of these derivatives of pictane, ent-15ξ, 16-dihydroxypictan-4(18)-en-5-one (7), was also present in other six species of Erythroxylum [31]. The distribution and structures of these bicyclic diterpenes are listed in Table 2 and Fig. 2, respectively.

Table 2

Bicyclic diterpenes isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds Plant source Refs.
1 ent-labda-8(17), 14-dien-13R-ol E. pictum, E. areolatum, E. cuneatum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31]
2 ent-13R-hydroxylabda-8(17)-dien-3-one E. pictum, E. betulaceum, E. cuneatum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31, 32]
3 ent-labda-8(17), 14-dien-3β, 13R-diol E. pictum, E. betulaceum, E. cuneatum, E. delagoense [20, 31, 32]
4 ent-labda-8(17), 14-dien-13R, 18-diol E. pictum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31]
5 ent-labda-8(17), 13E-dien-15-ol E. pictum, E. deciduum, E. zambesiacum [20, 31]
6 ent-labda-8(17), 13E-dien-15, 16-diol E. argentinum [31]
7 ent-15ξ, 16-dihydroxypictan-4(18)-en-5-one E. pictum, E. areolatum, E. cuneatum, E. delagoense, E. microphyllum, E. zambesiacum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31]
8 ent-4, 15ξ, 16-trihydroxypictan-5-one E. pictum [20]
9 ent-15ξ, 16-dihydroxy-4, 18-epoxypictane-5-one E. pictum [20]
10 ent-4, 15ξ, 16, 18-tetrahydroxypictan-5-one E. pictum [20]
11 ent-16-hydroxypictan-4(18)-ene-5, 15-dione E. pictum [20]
12 ent-4, 13α-dihydroxy-15ξ, 16-bisnorpictan-5-one E. pictum [20]

Fig. 2

Chemical structures of bicyclic diterpenes (1–12) found in Erythroxylum plants

2.1.2 Tricyclic diterpenes

21 tricyclic diterpene compounds with four skeleton types (abietane, pimarane, dolarbrane, and rosane) have been isolated from Erythroxylum genus (Fig. 3; Table 3). Among these compounds, there are three abietane (13–15) [33] and two pimarane diterpenoids (16–17) [31] obtained from E. suberosum and E. cuneatum, respectively. Dolarbrane-type diterpene was first found in the leaves of Thujopsis dolabrata of Cupressaceae in 1964 [34]. Almost at the same time, Connolly [21], who focused on the phytochemistry of E. monogynum, characterized erythroxydiol Y (18) from this Erythroxylum plant. In 1993, seven new dolarbrane-type derivatives (19–25) were reported by Ansell et al. [20, 31]. In addition, they identified seven rosane-type (26–32) diterpenoids from several Erythroxylum species. Another rosane-type compound (33) was found in E. barbatum by dos Santos [35].

Fig. 3

Chemical structures of tricyclic diterpenes (13–33) found in Erythroxylum plants

Table 3

Tricyclic diterpenes isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds Plant source Refs.
13 7-oxo-16-hydroxy-abiet-15(17)-en-19-al E. suberosum [33]
14 7-oxo-abiet-15(17)-en-16-ol E. suberosum [33]
15 7α, 16-dihydroxy-abiet-15(17)-en-19-al E. suberosum [33]
16 ent-pimara-8(14), 15-dien-3α-ol E. cuneatum [31]
17 ent-3α, 11β-dihydroxypimara-8(14), 15-diene E. cuneatum [31]
18 erythroxydiol Y
(allodevadarool)		 E. monogynum [5, 21, 22, 36]
18a ent-dolabr-4(18)-ene-15S, 16-diol E. pictum, E. argentinum, E. delagoense, E. macrocarpum, E. rotundifolium, E. sideroxyloides [20, 31]
19 ent-5β-dolabr-4(18)-ene-15R, 16-diol E. pictum
20 ent-15, 16-dihydroxydolabr-4(18)-en-1-one E. sideroxyloides [31]
21 ent-1α-acetoxydolabr-4(18)-ene-11α, 15ξ, 16-triol E. sideroxyloides [31]
22 ent-dolabr-4(18)-ene-11α, 15ξ, 16-triol E. macrocarpum, E. sideroxyloides [31]
23 ent-11α-acetoxydolabr-4(18)-ene-15ξ, 16-diol E. macrocarpum, E. sideroxyloides [31]
24 ent-dolabr-4(18)-ene-7β, 15S, 16-triol E. sideroxyloides, E. pictum, [20, 31]
25 ent-dolabr-4(18)-ene-7β, 15R, 16-triol E. pictum [20]
26 ent-5β-ros-1(10)-en-15ξ, 16-diol E. zambesiacum [31]
27 ent-11α-acetoxy-5α-ros-1(10)-en-15ξ, 16-diol E. zambesiacum [31]
28 ent-2-oxo-ros-1(10), 15-diene E. zambesiacum [31]
29 ent-rosane-5α, 15ξ, 16-triol E. cuneatum, E. areolatum, E. sideroxyloides, E. pictum, E. zambesiacum [20, 31]
30 ent-5α, 16-dihydroxyrosan-15-one E. pictum [20]
31 ent-rosane-5α, 16-diol E. pictum [20]
32 ent-ros-5-en-15ξ, 16-diol E. pictum [20]
33 ent-rosan-1-one-5β, 15ξ, 16-triol E. barbatum [35]

2.1.3 Tetracyclic diterpenes

Erythroxylum is a prolific source of beyerene diterpenes [5, 24, 31]. More than 20 beyerene derivatives (34–59) have been identified from nine Erythroxylum species [5, 24, 25, 31, 37-40], while diterpenoids isolated from E. australe consisted preponderantly of beyerene derivatives [5, 24] (Fig. 4; Table 4). Importantly, in a recent research, auto-oxidation of the aldehyde group of ent-beyer-15-en-19-al (50) isolated from E. monogynum to a carboxylic acid group was observed, and this auto-oxidation could take place both with and without the concurrent epoxidation of the 15, 16-double bond, indicating that some beyerene type diterpenoids identified previously may be artefacts arising from the auto-oxidation reaction [40]. Tetracyclic diterpene ent-kaurene is a critical intermediate in gibberellin hormones biosynthesis pathway in plants, and kaurene diterpenes are widely distributed in nature. Seven kaurene diterpenes (61–67) have been isolated and identified from Erythroxylum plants [5, 20, 31, 33, 41] (Fig. 4; Table 4), among which erythroxylisin A (64) and erythroxylisin B (65) obtained from roots of E. barbatum are unusual kaurene diterpenes with a cis-orientation of the C-20 methyl and the CH2-15 methylene groups [41]. Devadarane is a tetracyclic diterpene skeleton completely different from the two mentioned above (Fig. 4; Table 4). Devadarane-type diterpene compounds (68–75) were first discovered in E. monogynum [21, 42]. However, the structure of triol Q (72) was not determined until McCrindle. R [43] undertook an X-ray analysis two years later. Although devadarane-type diterpenes have been identified in five species of this genus, only eight devadarane derivatives (68–75) have been reported so far (Fig. 4; Table 4). Ryanodane diterpenes (76–77) [13] were originally isolated from ripe fruits of E. passerinum, and later ryanodanol (76) was also identified in E. nummularia leaves (Fig. 4; Table 4). This type of diterpenoids has a complicated skeleton. According to reports in the literature since 1960, only two compounds (76–77) of this type have been discovered in the genus Erythroxylum.

Fig. 4

Chemical structures of tetracyclic diterpenes (34–77) found in Erythroxylum plants

Table 4

Tetracyclic diterpenes isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds Plant source Refs.
34 ent-beyer-15-ene
((+)-hibaene)		 E. australe, E. monogynum, E. zambesiacum [5, 25, 31, 39]
35 ent-beyer-15-en-19-ol
(erythroxylol A)		 E. australe, E. zambesiacum, E. monogynum [5, 31, 37, 38]
36 ent-beyer-15-en-17-ol E. australe, E. pictum, E. argentinum, E. rotundifolium, E. zambesiacum, E. monogynum [5, 20, 31, 38]
37 ent-beyer-15-en-17, 19-diol E. monogynum [38]
38 ent-beyer-15-en-1α-ol E. australe [5]
39 ent-beyer-15-en-12β-ol E. zambesiacum [31]
40 ent-beyer-15-en-7-one E. argentinum [31]
41 ent-2-hydroxybeyer-2, 15-dien-1-one E. australe [5, 24]
42 ent-2, 17-dihydroxybeyer-2, 15-dien-1-one E. australe, E. pictum, E. microphyllum, E. argentinum [5, 20, 31]
43 ent-2, 19-dihydroxybeyer-2, 15-dien-1-one E. australe, E. microphyllum
44 ent-15, 16-epoxy-beyer-1-one E. australe [5, 24]
45 ent-15, 16-epoxy-beyerene E. zambesiacum, E. monogynum [31, 38, 39]
46 erythroxylol A epoxide E. monogynum [38]
47 erythroxylol A acetate epoxide E. monogynum [38]
48 4β-hydroxy-18-norhibaene E. monogynum [38]
49 4α-hydroxy-18-norhibaene E. monogynum [38]
50 ent-beyer-15-en-19-al E. monogynum [40]
51 ent-17-hydroxybeyer-15-en-1-one E. australe, E. pictum, E. areolatum, E. argentinum, E. microphyllum, E. rotundifolium [5, 20, 31]
52 ent-2α, 17-dihydroxybeyer-15-en-1-one E. pictum, E. microphyllum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31]
53 ent-2α, 19-dihydroxybeyer-15-en-1-one E. australe, E. betulaceum, E. microphyllum [5, 31, 32]
54 ent-beyer-15-en-1-one E. australe, E. argentinum, E. rotundifolium, E. zambesiacum [5, 24, 31]
55 ent-2α-hydroxybeyer-15-en-1-one E. australe [24]
56 ent-19-hydroxybeyer-15-en-1-one E. australe [5]
57 ent-1α-hydroxybeyer-15-en-2-one E. australe [5]
58 ent-1α, 17-dihydroxybeyer-15-en-2-one E. pictum, E. rotundifolium [20, 31]
59 ent-1α, 19-dihydroxybeyer-15-en-2-one E. microphyllum [31]
60 isoatisirene E. monogynum [27]
61 atisirene E. monogynum [27]
62 ent-kauran-16-ol E. pictum, E. australe [5, 20]
63 ent-kauran-16, 17-diol E. rotundifolium, E. pictum [20, 31]
64 erythroxylisin A E. barbatum [41]
65 erythroxylisin B E. barbatum [41]
66 ent-12β-hydroxy-kaur-16-en-19-al E. suberosum [33]
67 methylent-7β, 15α-dihydroxy-kaur-16-en-19-oate E. suberosum [33]
68 (+)-devadarene E. monogynum [27]
69 ent-devadarane-15ξ, 16-diol E. monogynum, E. barbatum, E. macrocarpum, E. pictum, E. sideroxyloides [20, 31] [35, 36]
70 ent-devadaran-lα, 11α, 15ξ, 16-tetrol E. australe, E. areolatum, E. sideroxyloides [5, 20, 31]
71 ent-lα-acetoxydevadaran-11α, 15ξ, 16-triol E. areolatum [31]
72 triol Q E. monogynum [43]
73 ent-11α-acetoxy-devadarane-15ξ, 16-diol E. barbatum [35]
74 ent-devadarane-11α, 15ξ, 16-triol E. barbatum [35]
75 ent-devadarane-7β, 15ξ, 16-triol E. barbatum, E. monogynum [35, 36]
76 ryanodanol E. passerinum, E. nummularia [13]
77 14-O-methyl-ryanodanol E. passerinum [13]

2.2 Triterpenoids

To date, a total of 19 triterpenoids have been identified in Erythroxylum plants (Fig. 5; Table 5), ten of which are fatty acid esters of triterpenes (78–86, 88) from E. nummularia [44], E. leal-costae [45], E. rimosum [46] or E. passerinum [47]. Lupenyl acetate (87) [45], α-amyrin (89) [46], β-amyrin (90) [44, 46, 47] and erythrodiol (91) [47] are other four triterpenoids found in E. leal-costae, E. nummularia, E. rimosum or E. passerinum (Fig. 5; Table 5). Besides, recent studies reported five triterpenes (92–96) from E. ovalifolium [14], E. daphnites [48] or E. macrocalyx [49]. Interestingly, all the triterpenoids identified in this genus are pentacyclic triterpenes.

Fig. 5

Chemical structures of triterpenoids (78–96) found in Erythroxylum plants

Table 5

Triterpenoids isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds name Plant source Refs.
78 β-amyrin palmitate and stearate E. nummularia, E. rimosum [44, 46]
79 erythrodiol palmitate and stearate E. nummularia [44]
80 oleanolic acid E. nummularia [44]
81 β-amyrin palmitate E. passerinum, E. leal-costae [45, 47]
82 3β-hydroxy-11-oxo-olean-12-enylpalmitate E. passerinum [47]
83 3β, 11β-dihydroxy-olean-12-enyl palmitate E. passerinum [47]
84 3β, 28-dihydroxy-olean-12-enyl palmitate E. passerinum [47]
85 3β-hydroxy-11, 12-epoxy–friedoolean-14-enyl palmitate E. passerinum [47]
86 lupenyl palmitate E. leal-costae [45]
87 lupenyl acetate E. leal-costae [45]
88 α-amyrin esters E. rimosum [46]
89 α-amyrin E. rimosum [46]
90 β-amyrin E. nummularia, E. passerinum, E. rimosum [44, 46, 47]
91 erythrodiol E. passerinum [47]
92 lupeol E. macrocalyx, E. ovalifolium [14, 49]
93 lupenone E. macrocalyx, E. daphnites [48, 49]
94 friedelanol E. daphnites [48]
95 friedelan-3-one E. daphnites, E. subsessile [14, 48]
96 taraxerol E. macrocalyx [49]

2.3 Alkaloids

TAs are alkaloids with a tropane skeleton (8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane). As characteristic alkaloids widely distributed in Erythroxylum species, TAs exhibit a range of pharmacological activities like vasorelaxation [50], antiproliferative [49], anesthesia [51], antimicrobial and anticancer [12]. In 2010, a fascinating review by Oliveira et al. [6] comprehensively summarized structures of 186 TAs found in 35 species of Erythroxylum. As an update, we here found 11 more new TAs reported in studies since then (Fig. 6; Table 6). Among these newly identified TAs, two members were isolated from E. pungens (97) [52] and E. caatingae (98) [53], respectively; 6β, 7β-dibenzoyloxytropan-3α-ol (99) was obtained from E. subsessile [54]; 7β-acetoxy-6β-benzoyloxy-3α-hydroxytropane (100) was isolated from the twigs of E. macrocalyx [49]; six members named as erythrobezerrines A-F (101–106) were isolated from the stem bark of E. bezerrae [55]; and 7β-acetoxy-3β, 6β-dibenzoyloxytropane (107) was isolated from the leaves of E. rimosum [46]. Previous studies have also reported the isolation of non-TA alkaloids by GC–MS analysis [56-58]. However, since most of them were potential precursors or side products of TA biosynthetic pathway [56], we will not include them here. Readers interested in the details of these compounds are referred to the review by Brachet Anne and coworkers [56].

Fig. 6

Chemical structures of TAs (97–107) found in Erythroxylum plants after 2010

Table 6

Alkaloids isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds name Plant source Refs.
97 pungencine E. pungens [52]
98 6β-benzoyloxy-3α[(4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethoxybenzoyl) oxy] tropane E. caatingae [53]
99 6β, 7β-dibenzoyloxytropan-3α-ol E. subsessile [54]
100 7β-acetoxy-6β-benzoyloxy-3α-hydroxytropane E. macrocalyx [49]
101 erythrobezerrine A E. bezerrae [55]
102 erythrobezerrine B E. bezerrae [55]
103 erythrobezerrine C E. bezerrae [55]
104 erythrobezerrine D E. bezerrae [55]
105 erythrobezerrine E E. bezerrae [55]
106 erythrobezerrine F E. bezerrae [55]
107 7β-acetoxy-3β, 6β-dibenzoyloxytropane E. rimosum [46]

2.4 Flavonoids

Flavonoids are a large and complex group of constituents found in almost all plants. Flavonoid variation in thirteen species of Erythroxylum has been studied systematically by Plowman et al. in 1988 [59]. They found kaempferol, ombuin (7, 4ʹ-dimethylquercetin), and quercetin were predominant flavonoid aglycones in Erythroxylum plants analyzed. Besides, Johnson and coworkers [60-65], based on their work on flavonoids profiles of six species or variants and flavonoids that had been reported in Erythroxylum, proposed that some unique flavonoids could be used as chemotaxonomic markers for taxon. Overall, flavonoid aglycones in Erythroxylum mainly consist of quercetin, ombuin, fisetin, kaempferol, epicatechin, eriodictyol and taxifolin. In addition to these, isoflavone, isoflavanone and other flavone derivatives were also found in Erythroxylum. Chemical structures of flavonoid aglycones that have been found in Erythroxylum plants were summarized and presented in Fig. 7. Moreover, the major glycosides of these flavonoids include mono-glucosyl-rhamnosyls and dirhamnosyl-glucosides, as well as mono-galactosyl and mono-arabinosyl. In total, 73 flavonoids from 37 species of Erythroxylum have been studied (Table 7), though some structures lack NMR data support in the literature.

Fig. 7

Chemical structures of flavonoid aglycones found in Erythroxylum plants

Table 7

Flavonoids isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds name Plant source Refs.
108 ombuin E. nummularia [44]
109 ombuin-3-O-rutinoside E. alaternifolium, E. campestre, E. barbatum, E. argentinum, E. tenue, E. daphnites, E. loefgrenii, E. engleri, E. cuneifolium, E. lucidum, E. pruinosum, E. pulchrum, E. squamatum, E. subracemosum, E. subrotundum, E. vacciniifolium, E. novogranatense [59, 66-71]
110 ombuin-3-O-rutinoside-5-O-glucoside E. argentinum, E. cuneifolium, E. pulchrum, E. macrocalyx [49, 67, 70, 71]
111 quercetin E. rimosum, E. lucidum, E. suberosum, E. ovalifolium [14, 46, 59]
112 quercetin-3-O-rutinoside E. argentinum, E. cambodianum,
E. alaternifolium, E. engleri,
E. loefgrenii, E. leal-costae, E. lucidum, E. pruinosum, E. coca, E. suberosum, E. subracemosum, E. ovalifolium, E. rufum, E. ulei		 [4, 10, 14, 45, 59, 66-68, 72, 73]
113 quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside E. argentinum, E. cuneatum, E. ulei, E. rufum, E. subsessile, E. daphnites, E. loefgrenii, E. lucidum, E. leal-costae, E. pruinosum, E. pulchrum, E. suberosum, E. vacciniifolium, E. laurifolium, E. macrocarpum, E. hypericifolium [14, 45, 59, 67, 68, 73-75]
114 quercetin-3-O-glucoside E. daphnites, E. loefgrenii, E. pruinosum, E. rimosum, E. rufum, E. squamatum, E. suberosum, E. subracemosum, E. ulei, E. coca, E. vacciniifolium, E. nummularia, E. laurifolium, E. macrocarpum, E. hypericifolium [4, 10, 44, 46, 59, 67, 73, 75]
115 quercetin-3-O-arabinoside E. campestre, E. cuspidifolium, E. pruinosum, E. rufum, E. rimosum, E. ulei, E. suberosum, E. vacciniifolium [46, 59, 73]
116 quercetin-3-O-xyloside E. campestre, E. rufum, E. ulei, E. vacciniifolium [59, 73]
117 quercetin-3-O-galactoside E. rufum, E. rimosum, E. ulei, E. suberosum [46, 59, 73]
118 quercetin-3-O-glucosylxyloside E. campestre, E. squamatum, E. suberosum [59]
119 quercetin-3-O-glucosylarabinoside E. campestre, E. suberosum [59]
120 quercetin-3-O-glucosylglucoside E. vacciniifolium, E. ulei [59, 73]
121 quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside-7-O-glucoside E. vacciniifolium, E. australe [59, 65]
122 quercetin-3, 7-O-dirhamnoside E. vacciniifolium [59]
123 quercetin-4′, 3-di-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
124 quercetin-4′, 7-di-O-rhamnoside E. ulei [63]
125 kaempferol E. rimosum [46]
126 kaempferol-3-O-glucoside E. barbatum, E. loefgrenii, E. rufum, E. squamatum, E. ulei, E. suberosum, E. subracemosum, E. tenue, E. vacciniifolium [59, 73]
127 kaempferol-3-O-arabinoside E. cuspidifolium, E. daphnites
E. suberosum, E. vacciniifolium, E. rufum, E. ulei, E. rimosum		 [46, 59, 73]
128 kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside E. loefgrenii, E. pruinosum, E. rufum, E. subsessile, E. tenue, E. ulei, E. vacciniifolium [14, 54, 59, 73]
129 kaempferol-3-O-galactoside E. rufum, E. ulei, E. vacciniifolium [59, 73]
130 kaempferol-3-O-xyloside E. rufum, E. suberosum, E. ulei, E. vacciniifolium [59, 73]
131 kaempferol-3-O-glucosylxyloside E. barbatum, E. campestre [59]
132 kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside E. rufum, E. ulei, E. subracemosum, E. tenue [59, 73]
133 kaempferol-3-O-arabinofuranoside E. rimosum [46]
134 kaempferol-3-O-glucoside-7-O-rhamnoside E. cuneifolium, E. tenue, E. vacciniifolium [59, 71]
135 kaempferol-3-O-arabinoside-7-O-rhamnoside E. vacciniifolium [59]
136 kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside-7-O-galactoside E. novogranatense. var. novogranatense [60]
137 kaempferol-3, 7-O-dirhamnoside E. cuneifolium [71]
138 kaempferol-3-O-triacetylrhamnoside-7-O-triacetylgalactoside E. novogranatense. var. novogranatense [60]
139 kaempferol-4′-ethoxy-7-O-galactoside E. novogranatense. var. novogranatense [60]
140 kaempferol-4′-O-rhamnosylglucoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
141 kaempferol-3, 4′-di-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
142 kaempferol-3-O-rutin-7-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
143 taxifolin E. ulei [73]
144 taxifolin-3, 4′-di-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
145 taxifolin-3, 7, 4′-tri-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
146 eriodictyol-7-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu, E. australe [64, 65]
147 eriodictyol-3′-ethoxy-4′-O-rhamnoside E. coca var. ipadu [64]
148 eriodictyol-3′-ethoxy-4′-O-acetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
149 eriodictyol-7-O-acetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
150 eriodictyol-7-O-triacetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
151 eriodictyol-3′-ethoxy-7-O-acetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
152 eriodictyol-3′-ethoxy-7-O-triacetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
153 eriodictyol-3′, 4′-di-ethoxy-7-O-acetylrhamnoside E. coca var. coca [60]
154 luteolin-3′-ethoxy-4′-H-3-O-rhamnoside E. novogranatense. var. novogranatense [60]
155 luteolin-3′-OH-4′-H-3-O-triacetylrhamnoside E. novogranatense. var. novogranatense [60]
156 luteolin-8-O-rhamnoside E. leal-costae [45]
157 luteolin-6-O-rhamnoside E. leal-costae [45]
158 myricetin-3-O-glucoside E. ulei [73]
159 naringenin-7-O-glucoside E. ulei [73]
160 dihydro-orobol-4′-O-dirhamnoside E. australe [65]
161 dihydro-orobol-7-methoxy-5-O-rhamnoside E. australe [65]
162 dihydro-orobol-7-O-glucoside-3′-O-rhamnoside E. australe [65]
163 dihydro-orobol-5-dehydroxy-7, 3′-di-O-glucoside E. australe [65]
164 dihydro-orobol-2-methyl-3′-O-rhamnoside E. australe [65]
165 orobol-2, 5′-dihydroxy-7-O-dirhamnoside E. ulei [63]
166 orobol-3′-dehydroxy-4-O-glucoside-7-O-dirhamnoside E. ulei [63]
167 orobol-2-hydroxy-7-O-dirhamnoside E. ulei [63]
168 dihydro-orobol-2-methyl-4′-O-galactoside-7-O-dirhamoside E. ulei [63]
169 dihydro-orobol-2-methyl-4′-O-galactoside-7-O-rhamoside E. ulei [63]
170 derricin E. barbatum [76]
171 medicarpin E. barbatum [76]
172 lonchocarpin E. barbatum [76]
173 homopterocarpin E. barbatum [76]
174 (+)-catechin E. cambodianum, E. cuneatum, E. rimosum, E. suberosum [10, 46, 72, 74]
175 (+)-catechin-3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside E. novogranatense [69]
176 (−)-epicatechin E. cambodianum, E. rimosum, E. suberosum, E. leal-costae [10, 45, 46, 72]
177 procyanidin B1 E. novogranatense [69]
178 procyanidin B3 E. novogranatense [69]
179 cinchonains la E. catuaba [11]
180 cinchonains lb E. catuaba [11]

2.5 Other constituents

Norisoprenoid compounds (megastigmanes, 181–187) have been characterized in E. cuneatum [74] and E. cambodianum [72] by Kanchanapoom et al. (Fig. 8; Table 8). Phenolic derivatives and their glycosides were also obtained (Fig. 8; Table 8), which include two acetophenone diglycosides (188–189) isolated from E. cambodianum [72], neochlorogenic acid (190) and protocatechuic acid (191) extracted from E. lucidum [68], and scoparon (192) yielded from E. barbatum [76]. Additionally, five steroids (193–197) have been identified in this genus according to the previous studies [35, 44, 46-48, 76, 77] (Fig. 8; Table 8). Importantly, compounds 193 and 194 showed significant anti-oxidant and anti-glycation activities in vitro [77].

Fig. 8

Chemical structures of other constituents (181–197) found in Erythroxylum plants

Table 8

Other constituents isolated from Erythroxylum plants

No. Compounds name Plant source Refs.
181 apocynol B E. cuneatum [74]
182 (6S, 9R)-roseoside E. cuneatum [74]
183 vomifoliol-9-O-arabinofuranosyl-glucopyranoside E. cuneatum [74]
184 inamoside E. cuneatum [74]
185 cuneatoside E. cuneatum [74]
186 citroside A E. cuneatum, E. cambodianum [72, 74]
187 (3S, 5R, 6R, 7E, 9S)-megastigman-7-ene-3, 5, 6, 9-tetrol-3-O-β-glucopyranoside E. cambodianum [72]
188 erythroxylosides A E. cambodianum [72]
189 erythroxylosides B E. cambodianum [72]
190 neochlorogenic acid E. lucidum [68]
191 protocatechuic acid E. lucidum [68]
192 scoparon E. barbatum [76]
193 4-methyl ergosta-7, 23-dien-3β-ol E. monogynum [77]
194 4-methyl ergosta-7, 24(28)-dien-3β-ol E. monogynum [77]
195 steroids procesterol E. barbatum [76]
196 β-sitosterol E. barbatum, E. daphnites, E. rimosum, E. nummularia, E. passerinum [44, 46-48, 76]
197 β-sitosterol-O-glucoside E. barbatum [35]

3 Biological activities of natural products in Erythroxylum

3.1 Bioactivities of diterpenes, triterpenes and sterols

Pharmacological investigation of diterpenes isolated from Erythroxylum species are still scarce despite the large resource found. Diterpene 14-O-methyl-ryanodanol (77) showed insecticidal activity against Aedes aegypti larvae [13], as well as a dose-dependent cytotoxic effect to astrocytes (GL-15 cell line) [78]. Cytotoxicity activities against five tumor cell lines of devadarane derivatives (69, 73–75) were also investigated, but no activity was observed [35]. Exploring and evaluating bioactivities of the numerous diterpenoids found in Erythroxylum species will be essential for further effective utilization of these natural product resources in this genus. For triterpenes, compounds 93–95 were major constituents of the hexane extract of E. daphnites leaves which showed a cytotoxic effect against SCC-9 oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line [48]. Additionally, sterols (193, 194) isolated from E. monogynum possess good anti-oxidant and anti-glycation activities [77]. Additionally, although a large number of flavonoids have been found in Erythroxylum species, these compounds are not specifically distributed in this genus. Readers interested in the details of bioactive flavonoids are referred to the review by Shashank Kumar and coworkers [79].

3.2 Bioactivities of TAs

In Erythroxylaceae family, TAs specially occur in species of Erythroxylum. Until now, a total of 197 TAs compounds have been characterized in Erythroxylum plants. There are plenty of researches on pharmacology activities of TAs in Erythroxylum, especially cocaine. Ophthalmologist Carl Koller first demonstrated the ability of cocaine to induce local anesthesia in eyes [8]. Later, it was extended to dentistry, urology, laryngology and other fields as a local anaesthetic [80]. In addition, a review by Drake [51] highlighted that cocaine could act as a psychomotor stimulant and also showed toxicity in coabuse and overdoses. Cocaine acts on the mesolimbic dopamine system whose origins begins in the ventral tegmental area and projects to the nucleus accumbens, the amygdala, the hippocampus, and the prefrontal cortex, resulting in a higher concentration of dopamine release into the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex [81]. Previous study also showed that acute cocaine at a dose used by cocaine abusers for recreational purposes induced large increases in intracellular calcium in the cortex of the rat brain and the mechanism were related to the local anesthetic actions of cocaine and not its sympathomimetic effects [82]. The cardiovascular mitochondrial dysfunction induced by cocaine is involved in the mechanisms of oxidative stress [83]. Also, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and inhibitory G-protein coupled receptor signaling are involved in the mechanism of the effect of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in cocaine reward [84]. There are a number of excellent reviews on the bioactivity, toxicity, and biological mechanisms of cocaine [84-88], and therefore we will not repeat more details here. Additionally, for cocaine-producing Erythroxylum plants, cocaine could function as a natural insecticide to protect the leaves [89].

Pervilleine A (reviewed in ref. [6]) from E. pervillei demonstrated weak nonspecific anticholinergic and vascular antiadrenergic activities [90]. Catuabine B and 3α, 6β-dibenzoyloxytropane from E. vaccinifolium [53] (reviewed in ref. [6]) showed antimicrobial activity on gram-positive bacteria and fungi [12]. It has also been demonstrated that the E. cuneatum leaf alkaloid extract possessed both antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties [9]. Among the reported biological activities of TAs, cytotoxicity is also noticeable. Araújo Neto et al. [91] summarized the cytotoxic activity of 21 species of Erythroxylum against 45 different cell lines and found the species with presence of disubstituted TAs had the highest cytotoxic potentials. Recently, a newly identified tropane alkaloid (6β-benzoyloxy-3α[(4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethoxybenzoyloxy] tropane) (98) was demonstrated to possess high antiproliferative activity on liver hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) with IC50 value of 3.66 μg mL−1. Meanwhile, it showed no cytotoxicity on human lymphoblast cell line [49]. In addition, erythrobezerrine C (103) showed moderate cytotoxicity activity on HCT-116 and NCI-H460, with IC50 values of 3.38 and 5.43 μM, respectively [55]. TAs with antimicrobial [12] and diuretic [92, 93] activities have also been reported. In 1984, Novak [94] reported the bioactivities of TAs from E. coca and E. novogranatense contained stimulant activity, inhibiting effect on dopamine uptake, and cholinolytic action.

3.3 Bioactivities of crude extracts

In addition to research on single compound, many studies have been carried out on the biological activities of crude extracts of Erythroxylum plants (Table 9). E. monogynum is rich in alkaloids and diterpenes. In 2019, Dhanunjaya et al. [95] summarized that crude extracts of this species had multiple bioactivities, such as antioxidant, antihyperlipidemic, antidiabetic, antiplasmodial and hepatoprotective. Particularly, leaf and bark extracts of E. delagoense, E. emarginatum, or E. pictum, showed great antibacterial activities [96]. Ethanolic extract obtained from the roots of E. pungens could induce dose-dependent hypotension and tachycardia in conscious rats, as well as vasorelaxation in mesenteric artery ring preparations in vitro [50]. Ethanolic extract of E. caatingae has a relaxant effect on ovine cervical contractions [97]. Besides, low-polarity fractions of this species showed significantly high cytotoxicity activity against the NCI-H292, HEp-2 and K562 cell lines [12]. Furthermore, acetone/water (70/30, v/v) extract of E. macrocarpum is a significant inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase [98]. Hydroalcoholic extracts of E. areolatum or E. confusum showed antiherpetic activity [99]. For the antitumor activity, when mice were treated with different doses of methanol extract of E. caatingae, a significant reduction in their tumor weight was observed [53]. Moreover, extracts of E. minutifolium or E. confusum showed hepatoprotective effects [100]. Crude extracts, fractions, or isolated products of E. ovalifolium or E. subsessile were demonstrated to inhibit toxic effects of the snake (Lachesis muta) venom, providing a new strategy for antivenom treatment [14].

Table 9

Biological activities of crude extracts of Erythroxylum plants

Plant source Extract Source Crude extracts Pharmocological activities Refs.
E. monogynum Leaves Chloroform Antidiabetic [95]
Ethanolic Hepatoprotective effects; Nephroprotective effects [95, 101]
Aqueous Antimicrobial; Antioxidant [95]
Methanol Antiplasmodial; Cytotoxicity [95, 102]
E. delagoense Leaves and bark Acetonic; Methanol;
Aqueous		 Antibacterial [96]
E. emarginatum leaves and stems Acetonic; Methanol;
Aqueous		 Antibacterial [96]
E. pictum Leaves and stems Acetonic; Methanol; Aqueous Antibacterial [96]
E. pungens Roots Ethanolic Vasorelaxant [50]
E. caatingae Leaves Ethanolic Myorelaxing effect on smooth muscle tissue [97, 103]
Stems Methanol; Antimicrobial activity; [12, 53]
Low-polarity fractions Cytotoxicity
E. macrocarpum Leaves Acetone/water (70/30, v/v) Acetylcholinesterase inhibition [98]
E. areolatum Leaves Hydroalcoholic Antiherpetic activity [99]
E. confusum Leaves Hydroalcoholic Antiherpetic activity [99]
E. minutifolium Leaves n-Hexane Hepatoprotective effects [100]
E. confusum Leaves n-Hexane Hepatoprotective effects [100]
E. ovalifolium Stems Ethanolic Neutralize toxicity of snake venom [14]
E. subsessile Stems Ethanolic Neutralize toxicity of snake venom [14]
E. daphnites Leaves n-Hexane Anti-proliferative effects [48]

4 Conclusions and prospecting

Based on the current progress in phytochemistry of the Erythroxylum [6], there is no doubt that TAs are the largest class of compounds found in this genus (197 of 383 compounds). In the past years, their remarkable pharmacological activities have made this class of compounds receive more attention than others [49, 52, 104]. However, many other types of active compounds have been found in Erythroxylum along with the broadening and deepening of phytochemical research. A summary of the structure and distribution of these compounds is essential for in-depth understanding and utilization of plant resources of this genus. Based on the literature, a total of 383 compounds from Erythroxylum have been reported, among which only 186 tropane alkaloids have been reviewed in 2010. In this review, we summarized all remained 197 compounds characterized from 53 Erythroxylum species from 1960 to 2021, including 11 skeleton-types of diterpenes (1–77) isolated from 18 Erythroxylum species, 19 triterpenoids obtained from 8 Erythroxylum species, 11 TAs found in 6 species after 2010, 73 flavonoids from 37 Erythroxylum species, and 17 other constituents (norisoprenoids, phenolic derivatives and their glycosides, and steroids). Among these compounds, most diterpenes were isolated from the timber or roots of the plants, triterpenes were identified from aerial organs, flavonoids were distributed in leaves or branches, while others had no obvious tissue- or organ-specific distributions. Significant biological activities, including anaesthetic [8], antioxidative [9, 10], anti-inflammatory [9], cytotoxic [11], anticancer [12], and insecticidal activities [13], as well as neutralization of snake venom [14], have been demonstrated for isolated products or crude extracts from some species of Erythroxylum. However, potential activity of most compounds is still unknown. In-depth biological activity studies on compounds obtained will be the basis for exploring potential medicinal resources in this genus. Additionally, some of the diterpenes were suggested to serve as the defensive components to protect the Erythroxylum plants from herbivores, pathogens, or other environmental challenges. Therefore, they could be used as potential bioinsecticides in agriculture in the future.

Elucidation of natural product biosynthetic pathways has been proved to be highly useful for natural products discovery, structure identification and subsequent heterologous synthesis. In Erythroxylum plants, TAs and diterpenes are representative phytoconstituents. Biochemists and molecular biologists have long sought to identify the biosynthetic pathways of TAs, especially cocaine, through isotope labeled precursor feeding studies and gene cloning and characterization [105-110]. As a result, incomplete biosynthetic route of cocaine starting from arginine and ornithine and passing through putrescine, methylecgonone, and methylecgonine has been established [7, 110] (Fig. 9), though further studies are still essential to elucidate the missing steps. Studies focusing on the biosynthesis pathway of diterpenes in Erythroxylum plants have not been reported till now. However, the kaurene-type (Fig. 1i) diterpene synthase that is responsible for the formation of ent-kaurene, the universal biosynthetic intermediate of gibberellin, has been identified in many other plants [111-113]. Besides, ent-beyerene synthase, which is the key diterpene cyclase required for generating ent-beyerene type diterpenes (Fig. 1h), has been characterized in monocotyledonous rice (Oryza sativa L.) [114]. Still, much more researches needed to be done for better understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms and diversity of diterpenes identified in Erythroxylum.

Fig. 9

The proposed cocaine biosynthesis pathway in E. coca. The following enzymes are depicted in the figure above: ADC (arginine decarboxylase), ODC (ornithine decarboxylase), AIH (armatine iminohydrolase), PMT (putrescine methyltransferase), MPO (N-methylputrescine oxidase), PYKS (pyrrolidine ketide synthase), P450 (cytochrome 450), MT (methyltransferase), MecgoR (methylecgonone reductase), CS (cocaine synthase)

Notes

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFA0900600), the National Science Foundation of China (U1902212 and 32000239), the Foundations of Yunnan Province (2019FJ007 and 2019ZF011–2), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the CAS (XDB27020205), and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the CAS (QYZDB-SSW-SMC051).

Author contributions

YL, TT and Y-J W collected the related references and prepared chemical compounds structures; YL and J-P H worte the manuscript; J-P H and S-X H reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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