Records of Natural Products

A new isoflavonolignan glycoside, namely cantoniensin A (1), along with three known compounds were isolated from Abrus cantoniensis. The structure of the new compound was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, including 1D-, 2D-NMR and HRESIMS. Compound 1 is the second example of isoflavonolignan glycoside from nature and is also the first isoflavonolignan isolated from the genus of Abrus.

The presence of thymol derivatives in the leaves and twigs of E. fortunei collected in Northern Vietnam was investigated. Five thymol derivatives, including new 9-O-angeloxy-10-hydroxy-8-methoxythymol, 10-acetoxy-9-chloro-8,9-dehydrothymol, 9-acetoxy-8,10-epoxythymol-3-O-isobutyrate, 8,10-epoxy-9-hydroxy-thymol-3-O-tiglate, and 9-acetoxy-8,10-epoxythymol-3-O-angelate together with six other compounds, including taraxasteryl acetate, o-coumaric acid, trans-melilotoside, (–)-loliolide, coumarin, and b-sitosterol were isolated. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined on the basis of MS and NMR spectroscopic data.

A new coumarin, named as arteordocoumarin A (1), together with three known compounds (2-9) were isolated from the CHCl3 extract of Artemisia ordosica (A. ordosica). The structures of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including UV, IR, HR-ESI-MS and extensive 1D and 2D NMR techniques.

In this study the volatile oils constituents of the inflorescence and unripe fruits of Crataegus azarolus L. and Crataegus pallasii  Grisb. were investigated. Fifty-four compounds were identified by GC and GC-MS analysis. The major outstanding constituents of the essential oil in all samples (dried and fresh C. azarolus and dried C. pallasii) were; tricosane (33.8%, 29.3%, 34.0 %), pentacosane (24.6%, 21.1%, 30.8%), heptacosane (12.5%, 10.2%, 11.7%), and tetracosane (6.0%, 5.6%, 5.7%), respectively. Besides these alkanes, ten compounds (nonanal, β-elemene, undecanal, β-caryophyllene, (E, E)-α-farnesene, eicosane, hexyl benzoate, (Z)-3-hexenyl benzoate, (E)-2-hexenyl benzoate, docasane) were determined in all samples. Carvacrol, carvacryl acetate, carvone, and thymol were determined for the first time from C. pallasii essential oil. (E)-β-damascenone was determined only in dried C. azarolus oil; sesquiterpene compounds valencene, α-selinene and β-selinene, d-cadinene, germacrene D, selina-3,7(11)-diene, spathulenol, and d-cadinol were determined only in fresh C. azarolus sample. On the other hand (2E,6E)-farnesol was determined in dried C. azarolus and C. pallasii samples.