The flowers of A. amplexicaulis afforded, in addition to xanthalongin (1), 11β,13-dihydroxanthalongin (2), its 11-epimer (3), and 11α,13-dihydro-4H-xanthalongin (4), the new xanthanolide glycosides 11α,13-dihydro-4H-xanthalongin 4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5) and its 11-epimer (6). The glycosides were also isolated from the flowers of A. mollis. The structures were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy 1H-NMR, COSY, 13C-NMR, HETCOR, DEPT), MS (EI, FAB, FD), and enzymatic hydrolysis of the glycosides. The chemo-taxonomic importance is discussed.
chemotaxonomy, Asteraceae, sesquiterpene lactones, Arnica amplexicaulis, A. mollis, xanthanolides and xanthanolide glucosides
NCBI PubMed ID: 17252406Publication DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957793Journal NLM ID: 0066751Publisher: George Thieme
Institutions: Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Geb. 26.23, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany, Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, IR, FAB-MS, GC-MS, TLC, enzymatic hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis, MS, DEPT, HETCOR