Patent Application: US-201615180088-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to phorbol esters from the seeds of aquilaria malaccensis by a series of chromatographic processes , and compositions containing these congeners for the treatment or prevention of allergic responses . furthermore , compositions are provided which comprise these phorbol esters in combination with at least one to assess the effects for preventing or treating allergies .

Description:
the present invention is further illustrated by the preparation schemes ( fig1 ˜ 3 ), the nmr spectra of phorbol esters represented by formulas i to vi ( fig4 ˜ 15 ), and the bioactive results ( tab . 1 ˜ 4 ), and the skills and methods used herein are described in detail : ( a ) after air - dried and powdered , the seeds of a . malaccensis ( 462 g ) were extracted with 90 % etoh ( 5 l ) at room temperature in triplicate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to afford an ethanolic extract ( 27 . 7 g ). ( b ) the ethanolic extract was suspended in water ( 1 l ) and partitioned with equivalent ethyl acetate in triplicate , an organic ( etoac ) layer ( 25 . 6 g ) and an aqueous ( h 2 o ) layer were separated . ( c ) the etoac layer was further partitioned with n - hexane and 90 % aqueous meoh to obtain n - hexane layer ( 7 . 1 g ) and meoh layer ( 16 . 2 g ) whereas the h 2 o layer was further partitioned with n - butanol to divide into an n - butanol ( buoh ) layer and an aqueous ( water ) layer . ( d ) the meoh layer was subjected to a column chromatography over silica gel ( 23 cm × 4 cm , silica gel 60 , 0 . 063 ˜ 0 . 200 mm , merck ) under a gradient elution of n - hexane / ch 2 cl 2 / meoh ( 6 : 3 : 1 , 6 : 4 : 1 , 6 : 6 : 1 , 6 : 8 : 1 , 6 : 10 : 1 , and 6 : 10 : 2 ) to yield six fractions ( am1 , 2917 . 0 mg ; am2 , 1320 . 0 mg ; am3 , 6834 . 0 mg ; am4 , 3212 . 2 mg ; am5 , 1703 . 0 mg ; and am6 , 97 . 9 mg ). ( e ) fractions am4 was further fractionated over a sephadex lh - 20 column ( ch 2 cl 2 / meoh , 1 : 1 ) to obtain eight sub - fractions ( am4 - 1 , 688 . 0 mg ; am4 - 2 , 688 . 0 mg ; am4 - 3 , 762 . 0 mg ; am4 - 4 , 173 . 7 mg ; am4 - 5 , 609 . 0 mg ; am4 - 6 , 253 . 5 mg ; am4 - 7 , 80 . 0 mg ; and am4 - 8 , 80 . 0 mg ). of which subfractions , am4 - 3 and am4 - 4 are phorbol ester - rich fractions . the above scheme are shown in fig1 . ( f ) fraction am4 - 3 was subjected to column chromatography ( 17 cm × 4 cm , geduran si 60 , 0 . 040 ˜ 0 . 063 mm , merck ) under gradient elution of etoac / n - hexane ( from 1 : 10 to 4 : 1 ) yielding 15 fractions am4 - 3 - 1 ˜ am4 - 3 - 15 ( fig2 ). ( am4 - 3 - 1 , 3 . 4 mg ; am4 - 3 - 2 , 25 . 3 mg ; am4 - 3 - 3 , 345 . 6 mg ; am4 - 3 - 4 , 49 . 2 mg ; am4 - 3 - 5 , 16 . 4 mg ; am4 - 3 - 6 , 39 . 5 mg ; am4 - 3 - 7 , 8 . 4 mg ; am4 - 3 - 8 , 3 . 8 mg ; am4 - 3 - 9 , 42 . 7 mg ; am4 - 3 - 10 , 23 . 0 mg ; am4 - 3 - 11 , 42 . 5 mg ; am4 - 3 - 12 , 43 . 5 mg ; am4 - 3 - 13 , 23 . 5 mg ; am4 - 3 - 14 , 7 . 9 mg ; and am4 - 3 - 15 , 38 . 3 mg ) of which subfractions , am4 - 3 - 6 and am4 - 3 - 13 are two phorbol ester - rich fractions . ( g ) fraction am4 - 4 was further separated by column chromatography on silica gel ( 30 cm × 1 . 5 cm , geduran si 60 , 0 . 040 ˜ 0 . 063 mm , merck ) under gradient elution of etoac / n - hexane ( from 1 : 15 to 4 : 1 ), and 12 subfractions am4 - 4 - 1 ˜ am4 - 4 - 12 were obtained ( fig3 ). ( aa / 14 - 4 - 1 , 2 . 2 mg ; am4 - 4 - 2 , 16 . 3 mg ; am4 - 4 - 3 , 3 . 5 mg ; am4 - 4 - 4 , 5 . 7 mg ; am4 - 4 - 5 , 7 . 7 mg ; am4 - 4 - 6 , 11 . 5 mg ; am4 - 4 - 7 , 37 . 6 mg ; am4 - 4 - 8 , 6 . 8 mg ; am4 - 4 - 9 , 43 . 9 mg ; am4 - 4 - 10 , 3 . 3 mg ; am4 - 4 - 11 , 3 . 5 mg ; and am4 - 4 - 12 , 23 . 5 mg ) of which subfractions , am4 - 4 - 3 , am4 - 4 - 7 , am4 - 4 - 8 and am4 - 4 - 9 are four phorbol ester - rich fractions . ( h ) from am4 - 4 - 9 , a new phorbol ester named 12 - o -( 2z , 4e , 6e )- tetradeca - 2 , 4 , 6 - trienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate ( 43 . 9 mg ) was isolated . this compound possesses a molecule of c 36 h 50 o 8 and is represented by formula i : ( i ) from am4 - 3 - 6 and am4 - 4 - 3 , a new phorbol ester named 12 - deoxy - 13 - o - acetoylphorbol - 20 - octadec - 9 - enoate ( 8 . 8 mg ) was afforded . this compound possesses a molecule of c 40 h 62 o 7 and is represented by formula ii : ( j ) from am4 - 3 - 13 , two new phorbol esters were given . one new phorbol ester named 12 - o -( 2e , 4e )- 6 - oxohexa - 2 , 4 - dienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate ( 0 . 7 mg ) with a molecule of c 28 h 34 o 9 is represented by formula iii . another new phorbol ester named 12 - o -( 2e , 4e )- 6 , 7 - dihydroxytetradeca - 2 , 4 - dienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate ( 0 . 9 mg ) possesses a molecule of c 36 h 52 o 10 and is represented by formula iv . ( k ) from aa / 14 - 4 - 7 and aa / 14 - 4 - 8 , two known phorbol esters , 12 - deoxyphorbol 13 - decanoate ( 8 . 5 mg ) and 12 - deoxyphorbol 13 - octanoate ( 1 . 4 mg ), were isolated . these two compounds possess molecules h of c 30 h 46 o 6 and c 28 h 42 o 6 and are represented by formulas v and vi , respectively . analysis of the 1 h nmr spectra comparison of the ethanolic extract ( etoh ), 90 % aqueous methanol layer ( meoh ), am - 4 , and am4 - 4 ( fig4 ), the etoh extract , meoh layer , am - 4 , and the subfraction am4 - 4 all comprise phorbol esters , and the efficacy of anti - allergy is in proportion to the signal strength of phorbol esters . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester i is 12 - o -( 2z , 4e , 6e )- tetradeca - 2 , 4 , 6 - trienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate with a molecular formula of c 36 h 50 o 8 deduced from hresims data m / z 633 . 33980 [ m + na ] + ( calcd for c 36 h 50 o 8 na , 633 . 33979 ); [ α ] d 25 : 3 . 75 ± 1 . 97 ( c 0 . 0667 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 303 ( 2 . 78 ), 233 ( 2 . 75 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3413 , 2965 , 2922 , 1710 , 1615 , 1377 , 1258 , 1092 , 802 cm − 1 . the 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra of phorbol ester i are shown in fig5 and fig6 , respectively . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester ii is 12 - deoxy - 13 - o - acetoylphorbol - 20 - octadec - 9 - enoate with a molecular formula of c 40 h 62 o 7 deduced from hresims data m / z 677 . 43884 [ m + na ] + ( calcd for c 40 h 62 o 7 na , 677 . 43878 ); [ α ] d 25 : + 2 . 91 ± 0 . 49 ( c 0 . 3333 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 285 ( 2 . 78 ), 250 ( 2 . 83 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3409 , 2922 , 2855 , 1717 , 1375 , 1332 , 1152 , 1021 cm − 1 . the 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra of phorbol ester ii are shown in fig7 and fig8 , respectively . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester iii is 12 - o -( 2e , 4e )- 6 - oxohexa - 2 , 4 - dienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate with a molecular formula of c 28 h 34 o 9 deduced from hresims m / z 537 . 20959 [ m + na ] + ( calcd for c 28 h 34 o 9 na , 537 . 20950 ); [ α ] d 25 : + 4 . 20 ± 0 . 82 ( c 0 . 1667 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 295 ( 2 . 80 ), 249 ( 2 . 84 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3413 , 2925 , 2855 , 2360 , 2339 , 1625 , 1597 , 1261 , 1184 , 755 cm − 1 . the 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra of phorbol ester iii are shown in fig9 and fig1 , respectively . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester iv is 12 - o -( 2e , 4e )- 6 , 7 - dihydroxytetradeca - 2 , 4 - dienoylphorbol - 13 - acetate with a molecular formula of c 36 h 52 o 10 deduced from hresims m / z 667 . 34515 [ m + na ] + ( calcd for c 36 h 52 o 10 na , 667 . 34527 ); [ α ] d 25 : + 10 . 44 ± 1 . 45 ( c 0 . 1667 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 289 ( 2 . 79 ), 249 ( 2 . 83 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3392 , 2925 , 2851 , 1710 , 1632 , 1455 , 1375 , 1261 , 1024 , 802 , 755 cm − 1 . the 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra of phorbol ester iv are shown in fig1 and fig1 , respectively . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester v is 12 - deoxyphorbol 13 - decanoate with a molecular formula of c 30 h 46 o 6 deduced from hresims m / z 525 . 31921 [ m + na ] + ( calcd for c 30 h 46 o 6 na , 525 . 31921 ); [ α ] d 25 : + 8 . 55 ± 0 . 63 ( c 0 . 200 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 325 ( 0 . 14 ), 249 ( 1 . 31 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3392 , 2925 , 2356 , 1710 , 1629 , 1335 , 1155 cm − 1 . the 1 h and 13 c nmr spectra of phorbol ester v are shown in fig1 and fig1 , respectively . in accordance with the preparation methods , phorbol ester vi is 12 - deoxyphorbol 13 - octanoate with a molecular formula of c 28 h 42 o 6 deduced from esims m / z 475 [ m + h ] + ( calcd for c 28 h 43 o 6 ); [ α ] d 25 : + 4 . 75 ± 1 . 27 ( c 0 . 200 , chcl 3 ); uv ( meoh ) λ max ( log ε ): 311 ( 0 . 01 ), 250 ( 2 . 85 ) nm ; and ir ( neat ) ν max : 3377 , 2922 , 2858 , 1710 , 1625 , 1332 , 1018 cm − 1 . the 1 h nmr spectrum of phorbol ester vi is shown in fig1 . in the present specification and the scope of the patent application , the provided chemicals with formulas i ˜ vi should comprise all of their optical isomers and stereoisomers , therefore , all of these optical and stereo isomers are included within the scope of the present invention . for the proposes of this invention , the compositions of antiallergic phorbol ester and phorbol derivatives as the main active ingredients from the seeds of aquilaria malaccensis were evaluated by the following assays . cell culture : the mucosal mast cell - derived rat basophilic leukemia ( rbl - 2h3 ) cell line was purchased from the bioresource collection and research center ( hsin - chu , taiwan ). cells were grown in dmem medium supplemented with 10 % fbs and 100 u / ml penicillin plus 100 μg / ml streptomycin . cells were cultured in 10 cm cell culture dishes at 37 ° c . in a humidified chamber with 5 % co 2 in air . sample preparations : in accordance with the preparation methods of this invention , the compositions from the seeds of aquilaria malaccensis , the ethanolic extract ( etoh ), n - butanol layer ( buoh ), aqueous layer ( water ), ethyl acetate layer ( etoac ), n - hexane layer ( hexane ), 90 % aqueous methanol layer ( meoh ), the divided am - 4 , am4 - 4 - 7 , am4 - 4 - 8 , am4 - 4 - 9 ( phorbol ester i ), were prepared for bioactive assays . cell viability assay : a methylthiazol tetrazolium ( mtt ) assay was used to measure the potential toxic effects of the samples on rbl - 2h3 cells ( chen et al ., j . nat . prod ., 72 , 950 - 953 , 2009 ). briefly , rbl - 2h3 cells ( 2 × 104 cells / well ) were seeded in a 96 - well plate overnight and treated with various concentrations of samples ( 10 ˜ 100 μg / ml ) for 24 h . mtt solution ( 0 . 5 mg / ml ) was added to the wells ( 80 μl per well ) and incubated for 1 h . the formed formazan crystals were dissolved in dmso ( 80 μl ). the absorbance at 595 nm was measured using microplate reader ( multiskan ascent , thermo scientific ). the degree of cell viability of each sample was calculated as the percentage of control value ( untreated cells ). the maximal tolerated dose of dmso was 0 . 5 %. all experiments were repeated at least two times . degranulation β - hexosaminidase assay induced by a23187 or antigen : the degree of a23187 - and antigen - induced degranulation in rbl - 2h3 cells was determined by a β - hexosaminidase release assay as described previously ( chen et al ., j . nat . prod ., 72 , 950 - 953 , 2009 ; matsuda et al ., bioorg . med . chem ., 12 , 5891 - 5898 , 2004 ) with following modifications . rbl - 2h3 cells were seeded in a 96 - well plate ( 2 × 10 4 cells / well ) for a23187 - induced and in 48 - well plate ( 3 × 10 4 cells / well ) for antigen - induced experiment . cells were treated with various concentrations of the samples for 20 h . dexamethasone ( 10 nm ) was used as a positive control . the cells for the antigen - induced experiment were first sensitized with anti - dnp ige ( 5 μg / ml ) for at least 2 h . after thorough washing by pre - warmed tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer ( 135 mm nacl , 5 mm kcl , 1 . 8 mm cacl 2 , 1 . 0 mm mgcl 2 , 5 . 6 mm glucose , 20 mm hepes at ph 7 . 4 ), the cells were stimulated by either calcium ionophore a23187 ( 1 μm ) or antigen dnp - bsa ( 100 ng / ml ) in tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer for 1 h . unstimulated cells were either lysed with 0 . 5 % triton x - 100 solution for the total amount of β - hexosaminidase release or left untreated for spontaneous release of β - hexosaminidase . then aliquots of supernatants ( 50 μl ) were incubated with equal volume of 1 μm of p - nag ( 50 μl ) prepared in 0 . 1 m citrate buffer ( ph 4 . 5 ) serving as a substrate for the released β - hexosaminidase . after 1 h of incubation at 37 ° c ., the reaction was quenched by the addition of 100 μl of stop buffer ( 0 . 1 m na2 / nahco3 , ph 10 . 0 ). absorbance was measured at 405 nm on a microplate reader ( multiskan ascent , thermo scientific ). the inhibition percentage of β - hexosaminidase release was calculated as the percentage of control value ( untreated stimulated cells ). the maximal tolerated dose of dmso was 0 . 5 %. all experiments were repeated three times . effect on enzymatic activity of β - hexosaminidase : to test the possible effect of the sample on enzymatic activity , following assay was performed . the cell suspension ( 2 × 10 6 cells ) in 2 ml of tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer was sonicated for 5 min . the solution was then centrifuged , and the supernatant was diluted with 8 ml of tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer . the enzyme solution ( 45 μl ) and test sample solution ( 5 μl ) were transferred into a 96 - well microplate and enzyme activity was examined as described above ( the section of cell viability assay ). all experiments were repeated three times . direct degranulation β - hexosaminidase assay induced by the sample : the degree of β - hexosaminidase release triggered by the sample in rbl - 2h3 cells was determined by a modified β - hexosaminidase release assay . briefly , rbl - 2h3 cells ( 4 × 10 4 cells / well ) were seeded in a 48 - well plate and treated with the samples for 10 h . tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer supplemented with 5 . 6 mm glucose , 2 mg / ml bsa and 2 mm glutamine was used to prepare the samples and treat the cells . then 50 μl of supernatants were transferred into a 96 - well microplate and examined as described above ( the section of cell viability assay ). a23187 ( 1 μm ) was used as a positive control . all experiments were repeated three times . preparation of human neutrophils : human neutrophils from venous blood of healthy , adult volunteers ( 20 - 30 years old ) were isolated using a standard method of dextran sedimentation prior to centrifugation in a ficoll - hypaque gradient and hypotonic lysis of erythrocytes ( boyum et al ., scand . j . clin . lab . invest ., 97 , 77 - 89 , 1968 ). purified neutrophils containing & gt ; 98 % viable cells , as determined by the trypan - blue exclusion method ( jauregui et al ., in vitro , 17 , 1100 - 1110 , 1981 ), were resuspended in a ca 2 + - free hank &# 39 ; s buffered salt solution ( hbss ) at ph 7 . 4 and were maintained at 4 ° c . prior to use . superoxide anion generation assay and elastase release inhibition assay : neutrophil superoxide anion generation was determined using superoxide dismutase ( sod )- inhibitory cytochrome reduction according to described procedures ( babior et al ., j . clin . invest ., 52 , 741 - 744 , 1973 ; hwang et al ., free radical bio . med ., 41 , 1433 - 1441 , 2006 ). degranulation of azurophilic granules was determined by measuring the elastase release as described previously ( hwang et al ., free radical bio . med ., 41 , 1433 - 1441 , 2006 ). all experiments were repeated at least three times . cytotoxic assay : mtt assay was used to according to the used in a previous manuscript . hepg2 ( 1 × 10 4 cells ), a 549 ( 5 × 10 3 cells ), and mda - mb - 231 ( 1 × 10 4 cells ) were seeded into 96 - well plates , followed by treatment with the ams samples at concentration of 20 μg / ml after 72 h , the medium was removed and 100 μl of mtt solution ( 0 . 5 mg / ml ) was added to each well . the plates were then incubated at 37 ° c . for 1 h and then , the mtt dye was detected by the addition of dmso ( 100 μl ). the absorbance was recorded at 550 nm . doxorubicin was used as a positive control . in accordance with the assays , antiallergic activity of the compositions from aquilaria malaccensis seeds and a23187 ( a positive control ) was concluded in table 1 whereas antiinflammatory effects of the compositions from a . malaccensis seeds on superoxide anion generation and elastase release in fmlp / cb - induced human neutrophils were summarized in table 2 . furthermore , activity of phorbol ester - rich fraction ( am4 ) and phorbol ester i on stimulant - free degranulation in rbl - 2h3 cells was shown in table 4 . the rbl - 2h3 cells were treated with am4 ( 10 μg / ml ) and phorbol ester i ( 10 μg / ml ) for 10 h . in the stimulant - free degranulation assay , tyrode &# 39 ; s buffer supplemented with glucose , bovine serum albumin ( bsa ) and glutamine was used as a medium . a23187 ( 1 μm ) was used as a positive control . in accordance with antiallergic activity of the compositions from aquilaria malaccensis seeds ( table 1 ), the ethanolic extract ( a - etoh ) showed potent antiallergic activity ( ic 50 0 . 92 and 3 . 9 μg / ml in a23187 and antigen - induced β - hexosaminidase assay , respectively . to clarify that antiallergic activity of the samples was due to inhibition of β - hexosaminidase release , and not false positive as a result of direct inhibition of β - hexosaminidase enzymatic activity ( wang et al ., biol . pharm . bull ., 30 , 388 - 392 , 2007 ), the enzyme was extracted and tested with the active samples . none of the samples inhibited the enzymatic activity of β - hexosaminidase . as the methanol layer ( a - meoh ) proved the best antiallergic activity ( ic 50 0 . 0089 and 0 . 069 μg / ml in a23187 and antigen - induced degranulation assay , respectively ), it was further separated using silica gel column chromatography to yield six fractions , am1 ˜ am6 . among them , fraction am4 showed the most remarkable antiallergic activity inhibiting β - hexosaminidase release from mast cells induced by either a 23187 ( ic 50 0 . 0034 μg / ml ) or antigen ( ic 50 0 . 0065 μg / ml ). in accordance with antiinflammatory effects of the compositions from aquilaria malaccensis seeds on superoxide anion generation and elastase release in fmlp / cb - induced human neutrophils ( table 2 ), the ethanolic extract ( a - etoh ) showed antiinflammatory activity ( 90 . 1 % and 85 . 3 % inhibition of superoxide generation and elastase release at 10 μg / ml , respectively ). all partitioned fractions except the water layer ( a - water ) displayed significant antiallergic and antiinflammatory activities . in accordance with cytotoxic activities of the compositions from aquilaria malaccensis seeds against hepg2 , mda - mb231 , and a 549 carcinoma cell lines ( table 3 ), only some of the compositions showed cytotoxic activities at 20 μg / ml level , ( a - buoh 57 . 1 % against a549 , am4 56 . 5 % against mda - mb231 and 79 . 3 % against a549 , am6 56 . 0 % against mda - mb231 cell line ). moreover , considering weak cytotoxicity of the compositions towards rbl - 2h3 cells , the antiallergic active fraction am4 exerted therapeutic index up to 28000 . to further rule out the possibility that aa / 14 causes direct mast cell activation , we examined the capacity of aa / 14 to elicit degranulation by itself . results showed that the aa / 14 treatments did not cause significant degranulation as compared with untreated control ( table 1 ). particularly , in accordance with antiallergic activity of the compositions from aquilaria malaccensis seeds ( table 1 ), aa / 14 - 4 ( ic 50 4 . 8 × 10 + 5 μg / ml , therapeutic index 1477328 , a 23187 - induced ; and ic 50 6 . 8 × 10 + 4 μg / ml , therapeutic index 103776 , antigen - induced ( 3 - hexosaminidase assay ) afforded the most active fraction aa / 14 - 4 - 8 ( ic 50 7 . 6 × 10 − 6 μg / ml , therapeutic index 9645374 , a23187 - induced ; and ic 50 8 . 0 × 10 + 5 μg / ml , therapeutic index 9645374 , antigen - induced degranulation assay ), and a new compound , phorbol ester i ( ic 50 values of 0 . 0017 μm , therapeutic index 71538 , a23187 - induced ; and ic 50 0 . 011 μm , therapeutic index 10550 , antigen - induced degranulation assay ). in accordance with the above bioactive results in this invention , the phorbol ester i really possesses the antiallergic activity and can be pharmaceutically applied for preventing and treating allergies . similarly , aa / 14 - 4 - 9 subfraction comprising phorbol ester i also really possesses the antiallergic activity and can be pharmaceutically applied for preventing and treating allergies . therefore , aa / 14 - 3 - 13 , aa / 14 - 4 - 3 , and aa / 14 - 4 - 7 subfractions have the antiallergic activity correspondingly . in accordance with the results of this invention , the extractions and the fractionated fractions ( phorbol ester - contained fractions ) from aquilaria malaccensis seeds can be pharmaceutically applied for preventing and treating allergies and show the potent antiallergic activity . 1 . lian , q . ; 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matsuda , h . ; matsuhira , k . ; nakamura , s . ; yuan , d . ; yoshikawa , m “ inhibitory effects of thunberginols a , b , and f on degranulations and releases of tnf - alpha ; and il - 4 in rbl - 2h3 cells .” biol . pharm . bull ., 30 , 388 - 392 ( 2007 ). outstandingly , this invention is characteristic for the advantages of easy collection , simple procedure , and plant growth no - effect due to the phorbol esters preparations from the seeds of aquilaria malaccensis rather than the stems and barks . besides , in accordance with the preparation methods of this invention , four new phorbol esters i ˜ iv were isolated . this invention is unprecedented and filled with novelty and progressiveness , thus it is prudential to meet the requirement invention patents , and the patent application is made according to the law . all above described is used only for illustrating possible embodiments of the present invention , and therefore it can not limit the protection scope of this invention . all skilled equal changes or modifications in accordance with the present invention are still under the terms of the specification and the scope of the present invention .