Extractives from the Needles of Torreya

벼자나무 잎의 추출성분

The needles of torreya(Torreya nucifera S. et Z) were collected, extracted with acetone-$H_2O$(7:3, v/v), fractionated with hexane, chloroform and ethylacetate, and freeze dried to give some dark brown powder. The ethylacetate soluble mixture was chromatographed on a Sephadex LH-20 column using a series of aqueous methanol and ethanol-hexane mixture as eluents. Most of the needle extractives were flavan and its methyl ether compounds such as (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, (+)-gallocatechin, (-)-epigallocatechin, 3'-O-methyl-(+)-catechin and 3'-O-methyl-(-)-epicatechin including protocatechuic acid, one of benzoic acids. $^1H$- and $^{13}C$-NMR, NOE and CI-MS analyses were performed to elucidate the structures of the isolated compounds.

비자나무 잎을 아세톤-물의 혼합용액으로 추출하고 n-hexane, chloroform, ethylacetate 및 물 분획으로 분류하여 동결건조하고 분말상 화합물로 조제하였다. 그 중에서 ethylacetate 용성 추출물을 메탄올-물 및 에탄올-헥산(n-hexane)의 혼합용액을 사용하여 Sephadex LH-20 칼럼상에서 크로마토그래피를 수행하였다. 비자나무 잎의 추출성분은 대부분 (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, (+)-gallocatechin 및 (-)-epigallocatechin과 같은 flavan 화합물과 3'-O-methyl-(+)-catechin 및 3'-O-methyl-(-)-epicatechin과 같은 flavan의 methyl ether 화합물로 구성되어 있었으며 그 이외에 benzoic acid계 화합물인 protocatechuic acid도 단리 되었다. 단리된 화합물은 $^1H$- 및 $^{13}C$-NMR, NOE와 CI-MS 분석에 의해 화학구조를 구명하였다.