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A new acorane sesquiterpene from Lysionotus pauciflorus
Qing-Fa Wen1, Yu-Jiao Zhong, Xue-Hui Su
1Department of Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
Aim:
To study the chemical constituents of the whole plant of Lysionotus pauciflorus
Methods:
Chromatographic separations on silica gel, Toyopearl HW-40F gel, and MCI gel were used to isolate the compounds. The structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data.
Results:
Three compounds were obtained and their structures were identified as 3, 10-dihydroxyacoronene (1), bis(2-butylhexyl)phthalate (2) and 3, 5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy-trans-stilbene (3).
Conclusion:
Compound 1 is a new acorane sesquiterpene, this is the first report of acorane sesquiterpenes from the Lysionotus genus.
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