Ellagitannins from Geranium potentillaefolium and G. bellum

Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Apr;5(4):531-4.

Abstract

The aerial parts of Geranium potentillaefoium afforded geraniin (1), corilagin (2), gallic acid (4), methyl gallate (6), methyl brevifolincarboxylate (7), quercetin, quercetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, quercetin 3-O-beta-D-[6"-O-galloyl)glucopyranoside, kaempferol, beta-sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside and beta-sitosterol, while the aerial parts of G. bellum gave the same compounds in addition to kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, isolated instead of kaempferol. The substances were identified by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy in comparison with published data. The water decoction preparations from air-dried plant materials (2.5 g) contain ca. 4.6 % of the ellagitannin 1, envisaging that when such decoction is ingested (250 mL), a therapeutic dose of ca. 36 mg of the antitumor ellagic acid (3) may be incorporated into the organism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Geranium / chemistry*
  • Hydrolyzable Tannins / chemistry
  • Hydrolyzable Tannins / isolation & purification*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry

Substances

  • Hydrolyzable Tannins