Chemical Profile and Screening of Bioactive Metabolites of <i>Rindera graeca</i> (A. DC.) Bois. & Heldr. (Boraginaceae) In Vitro Cultures
2021
Konstantia Graikou | Harilaos Damianakos | Christos Ganos | Katarzyna Sykłowska-Baranek | Małgorzata Jeziorek | Agnieszka Pietrosiuk | Christos Roussakis | Ioanna Chinou
<i>Rindera graeca</i> is a rare endemic plant where in vitro culture has been used in order to investigate bioactive metabolites. Phytochemical study of the in vitro shoots and hairy roots led to the isolation of seven phenolic derivatives and the unusual furano-naphthoquinone rinderol. <i>R. graeca</i> was also analyzed for its pyrrolizidine alkaloids content by LC-MS, and it was found to contain echinatine together with echinatine and rinderine N-oxides. Rinderol, isolated only from in vitro hairy root culture for the first time in the genus, revealed promising bioactivities. It was evaluated in vitro against a panel of microorganisms, showing very strong activity specifically against Gram-positive bacteria (MIC values 0.98 × 10<sup>−2</sup>–1.18 µg/mL) as well as very interesting antiproliferative effect against the human non-small-cell bronchopulmonary carcinoma cell line NSCLC-N6-L16 and the epidermoid lung cancer cell line A549. These findings were compared with the chemical profile of the plant from nature, while this study is the first to report on the effects of <i>R. graeca</i> extracts obtained from in vitro culture, providing a valuable contribution to the scientific community towards this sustainable method of production of potential bioactive molecules.
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