• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.196-198
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• 2005

Four ursane type triterpenes have been isolated from the methanolic extract of the aerial parts of Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. (Rosaceae) through repeated silica gel and reverse-phase C-18 column chromatography. Their chemical structures were elucidated as ursolic acid (1), pomolic acid (2), tormentic acid (3), and corosolic acid (4) on the basis of their MS, $^1H-$, and $^{13}C-NMR$ spectral data. Compounds 2 and 4 were isolated from the genes of Agrimonia for the first time.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.220-222
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• 2004

A new prenylated pyranoxanthone, inophyllin B (1), was isolated from the roots of Calophyllum inophyllum (Guttiferae). Together with this compound was also isolated the known pyranoxanthone brasilixanthone B (2) and two common triterpenes friedelin (3) and sitosterol (4). Structural elucidations of these compounds were achieved through $^1H,\;^{13}C$, DEPT, COSY, HSQC and HMBC experiments. The molecular mass was determined using MS techniques. The crude extract indicated weak toxicity to the larvae of Aedes aegypti. We report here the isolation, structural elucidation and bioassay data for Inophyllin B and brasilixanthone B.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.357-363
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• 2000

The root of Actinidia arguta was extracted with methanol and the methanol extract was suspended in $H_2O$ and successively partitioned with n-hexane, $CH_2Cl_2$, EtOAc and n-BuOH. Repeated column chromatographic separation of the EtOAc extract resulted in the isolation of two flavonoids (compounds 2 and 3) and two triterpenes (compounds 1 and 4) and $CH_2Cl_2$, extract to afford three lignans (compounds 5-7). Their structures have been established by spectroscopic, means to be (+)-tormentoside(1), (-)-catechin(2), (-)-epicatechin(3), (+)-uscaphic $acid-28-O-[\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$(4), (+)-pinoresinol(5), (+)-medioresinol(6), and (-)-syringaresinol(7).

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 2015

Thirteen compounds were isolated from n-hexane layer of the extracts of feces of Trogopterus xanthipes. Their chemical structures were elucidated as lupeol (1), lupenone (2), simiarenol (3), epitaraxerol (4), taraxerone (5), fatty acid esters of 11-oxo-${\beta}$-amyrin (6), 12-oleane-3,11-dione (7), $5{\beta}$-stigmastan-$3{\alpha}$-ol (8), $5{\beta}$-stigmastan-$3{\beta}$-ol (9), $5{\alpha}$-stigmastan-3-one (10), $5{\beta}$-stigmastan-3-one (11), $5{\beta}$-cholestan-$3{\alpha}$-ol (12), and 2-methoxyphenanthrene (13) on the basis of spectroscopic data. Even though all the isolated compounds are known, to the best of our knowledge, all the compounds (1-13) are reported from this species for the first time.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.55-59
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• 1979

Mass spectra of the dammarane triterpenes having open side chain and $C_{20}-C_{25}-epoxy$ side chain were measured. Principal fragment ions were assigned and plausible mechanisms for the formation of the fragment ions were proposed. In general, the triter-penoids of $C_{20}-C_{25}-epoxy$ side chain. produce $h_{1}-species$ fragment ions by the deletion of side chain at $C_{20}-C_{22}$ bond and open side chain triterpenoids produce $h_{2}$ species fragmentions whose mass numbers are higher by two mass unit than those of $h_{1}$ species. The mass number of h species fragment ions will serve as the diagnostic tool for the elucidation of side chain structure of tetracyclic triterpenoids.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.313-314
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• 2010

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.244-248
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• 2005

From the methanol extract of Rhododendron brachycarpum four triterpenes, three phenylpropanes and a diterpene alkaloid were isolated. Their structures were identified as glutinol (1), 3$\beta$-hydroxyurs-12-ene (2), $\beta$-sitosterol (3), (E)-P-hydrox-ycinnamic acid hexadecylester (4), (-)-rhododendrol (5), (+)-rhododendrol (6), 3$\beta$-hydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid (7) and gray-anotoxin I (8) by spectroscopic methods. Compound 8 showed moderate cytotoxicity against five cultured human tumor cell lines with $ED_{50}$ values of $3.21\~4.05 {\mu}g/ml$. The other compounds were of marginal activity against the tested cell lines.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.591-598
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• 2001

The photochemical study of Viscum album (Loranthaceae) led to the isolation of twelve compounds, lupeol (1), betulonic acid (2), betulinic acid (3), terminic acid (4), ursolic acid (5), $\beta$-sitosterol (6), $\alpha$- spinasterol (7), oleanolic acid (8) , 5-hydroxy-1- (4′-hydoxyphenyl) -7- (4"-hydroxyphenyl) -hepta-1- en-3-on (9), 2′-hydroxy -4′, 6′- dimethoxychalcone -4-O-glycoside (10) ,2′-hydroxy-4′, 6′-dimethoxychalcone -4-O- [apiosal(1longrightarrow12)]glucoside (11) and syringin (12). Their structures were established by chemical and spectroscopic methods. The cytotoxicity of the isolated compounds was evaluated by sulforhodamine B assay against five cultured human tumor cell lines.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.885-888
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• 2005

Jacaranone and related compounds (1-3) were isolated, along with three triterpenes (4-6), from the fresh fruits of Ternstroemia japonica. The compounds were identified as jacaranone (1), 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrojacaranone (2), 3-methoxy-2,3-dihydrojacaranone (3), 3-O-acetyl­oleanolic acid (4), 3-O-acetylursolic acid (5), and ursolic acid (6). Jacaranone and its derivatives were isolated for the first time from Theaceae. Of the isolated compounds, compound 3 is a new compound. Jacaranone (1) exhibited weak antioxidative effect on 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.610-615
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• 1995

Three acidic triterpense were isolated from the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of the fruits of Chenomeles sinensis (Rosaceae) together with previously reported oleanolic acid and ursolic acid by repeated silica gel colunm chromatography. Their structures have been elucidated as $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\betha}-dihydroxyolean-l2-en-28-oic$ acid(l. maslinic acid), $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\alpha},{\;}19{\alpha}-trihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic$ acid (2, euscaphic acid), and $2{\alpha},{\;}3{\betha}-dihydroxyolean-l2-en-28-oic$ acid (3,tormentic acid), respectively, on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence.