The methanolic extract of saffron was prefractionated with the aid of multilayer coil countercurrent chromatography (MLCCC). After subsequent purification of certain fractions by high-performance liquid chromatography, the following glycoconjugates were isolated and identified on the basis of their spectral (UV, MS, NMR) data: the beta-n-glucosides of (4R)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-enone (5), (4S)-4-hydroxy-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-enone (6), and (4S)-4-(hydroxymethyl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-enone (7), as well. as the beta-D-gentiobiosyl ester of 2-methyl-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoic acid (4). In addition to these new natural products, known saffron constituents, i.e., the di-beta-D-gentiobiosyl and beta-D-gentiobiosyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl esters of crocetin, have also been isolated and separated using MECCC.
Pyronane Monoterpenoids from the Fruit of Gardenia jasminoides
摘要:
Five new pyronane-type monocyclic monoterpenoids, jasminodiol (1), jasminoside H (6), 6'-O-sinapoyljasminoside A (7), 6'-O-sinapoyljasminoside C (8), and jasminoside 1 (9), together with four known analogues, were isolated from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides. The structures of the new metabolites were characterized using spectroscopic data, and the absolute configurations of 1, 6, and 7 were established using circular dichroism (CD) analysis. Compound 1 showed tyrosinase inhibitory activity (IC(50) 2.2 mM).