ABSTRACT
A rare sesquiterpenoid possessing a 6/6 bicyclic system fused with two clustered furan units and a pair of guaiane-type sesquiterpenoids were acquired from the roots of Chloranthus henryi. Their structures with absolute configurations were characterized with spectroscopic data, ECD, and X-ray diffraction analysis. All three sesquiterpenoids showed moderate neuroprotective activities on PC12 cells damaged with hydrogen peroxide.
Subject(s)
Magnoliopsida/chemistry , Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology , Sesquiterpenes/pharmacology , Animals , China , Molecular Structure , Neuroprotective Agents/isolation & purification , PC12 Cells , Phytochemicals/isolation & purification , Phytochemicals/pharmacology , Plant Roots/chemistry , Rats , Sesquiterpenes/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
To investigate the chemical constituents from the shoots of Chloranthus multistachys.All compounds wereisolated by using a combination of various chromatographic techniques including silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20, reversed-phase HPLC, and other methods.Their structures were elucidated by the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), mass spectrometry, and other modernspectroscopies.As a result, 19 compounds were isolated from the shoots of C.multistachys and identified as zederoneepoxide(1), chlomultin C(2), curcolonol(3), sarcaglaboside A(4), zedoarofuran(5), (1E,4Z)-8-hydroxy-6-oxogermacra-1(10), 4,7(11)-trieno-12,8-lactone(6), chloranoside A(7), istanbulin A(8), (8α)-6,8-dihydroxycadina-7(11),10(15)-dien-12-oicacid-γ-lactone(9), codonolactone(10), lasianthuslactone A(11), 12,15-epoxy-5αH,9ßH-labda-8(17),13-dien-19-oicacid(12), 12R,15-dihydroxylabda-8(17),13E-dien-19-oicacid(13), N-transcinnamoyltyramine(14), trans-N-p-coumaroyltyramine(15), dibutyl phthalate (16), flavokawain A(17), bergenin(18), and enedione(19).Compounds 1, 2, 4, 7-10, 12-19 were isolated from C.multistachys for the first time and compounds 14-19 were obtained from the genus Chloranthus for the first time.