Three limonoid glycosides were isolated from Citrus unshiu peels, and their structures were determined based on MS and NMR spectroscopic data as nomilinic acid 17-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), methyl nomilinate 17-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2), and obacunone 17-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (3). In particular, the location of the sugar moiety was clearly determined by the B/E constant linked scan FABMS method. No limonoid glycosides obtained here were found to have antitumor activity in NCI-H292 and EL-4 cell lines.
Citrus unshiu, limonoid glycosides, methyl nomilinate 17-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, B/E constant linked scan FABMS
NCBI PubMed ID: 10385977Publication DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6215(98)00328-0Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Institute for Comprehensive Agricultural Sciences, Kinki University, Nakamachi 3327-204, Nara 631-8505, Japan, Joint Research Center, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Japan, Research Department, Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ikue 1-8-14, Asahi-ku, Osaka 535-0004, Japan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Japan, Kinki University, Kowakae 3-4-1, Higashi-Osaka 577-8502, Japan, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nakamachi 3327-204, Nara 631-8505, Japan
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, IR, FAB-MS, GLC, optical rotation measurement, acetylation, antitumor activity assay, HR-FAB-MS, HCl hydrolysis