作者:Ya-ming Xu、Song Gao、Daniel P. Bunting、A.A. Leslie Gunatilaka
DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.12.020
日期:2011.4
In an attempt to maximize production and the structural diversity of plant metabolites, the effect of growing the medicinal plant Withania somnifera under soil-less aeroponic conditions on its ability to produce withaferin A and withanolides was investigated. It resulted in the isolation and characterization of two compounds, 3 alpha-(uracil-1-yl)-2,3-dihydrowithaferin A (1) and 3 beta-(adenin-9-yl)-2,3-dihydrowithaferin A (2), in addition to 10 known withanolides including 2,3-dihydrowithaferin A-3 beta-O-sulfate. 3 beta-O-Butyl-2,3-dihydrowithaferin A (3), presumably an artifact formed from withaferin A during the isolation process was also encountered. Reaction of withaferin A with uracil afforded 1 and its epimer, 3 beta-(uracil-1-yl)-2,3-dihydrowithaferin A (4). The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of their high resolution mass and NMR spectroscopic data. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.