A new phenylpropanoid and an alkylglycoside from Piper retrofractum leaves with their antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity.

Two new compounds, piperoside (1) and isoheptanol 2(S)-O-ß-D-xylopyranosyl (1→6)-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (11), along with 10 known compounds 3,4-dihydroxyallylbenzene (2), 1,2-di-O-ß-D-glucopyranosyl-4-allylbenzene (3), tachioside (4), benzyl-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (5), icariside F2 (6), dihydrovomifoliol-3'-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (7), isopropyl O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (8), isopropyl primeveroside (9), n-butyl O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (10), isoheptanol 2(S)-O-ß-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (12), were isolated from the leaves of Piper retrofractum. Their structures were determined from 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR, and HR-ESI-MS spectral, a modified Mosher's method, and comparisons with previous reports. All of the isolated compounds showed modest α-glucosidase inhibitory (4.60±1.74% to 11.97±3.30%) and antioxidant activities under the tested conditions.