Eight new ent-kaurane diterpene fatty acid esters, namely caffarolides A–H (1–8), were isolated from green beans of Coffea arabica. Their chemical structures were confirmed by extensive spectroscopic analysis including 1D, 2D NMR (HSQC, HMBC, 1H–1H COSY, and ROESY), HRMS, IR and CD spectra and by GC-FID analysis. Interestingly, the diterpene moiety of these new compounds first occurred in genus Coffea
Novel Galactolipids from the Leaves of Ipomoea batatas L.: Characterization by Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Electrospray Ionization–Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Sixteen novel and ten known galactolipids have been isolated and characterized from the leaves of Ipomoeabatatas L. (sweetpotato) using an analytical method based on high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization-quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry. Using this technique, the structures and regiochemistries of the fatty acyl groups and the positions of the