New sesquiterpene lactone and other constituents from Centaurea sulphurea (Asteraceae)

Hichem Lakhal; Tarek Boudiar; Ahmed Kabouche; Zahia Kabouche; Rachid Touzani; Christian Bruneau

New sesquiterpene lactone and other constituents from Centaurea sulphurea (Asteraceae)

Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Jun;5(6):849-50.

Authors

Hichem Lakhal¹, Tarek Boudiar, Ahmed Kabouche, Zahia Kabouche, Rachid Touzani, Christian Bruneau

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Obtention de Substances Thérapeutiques (L.O.S.T), Faculté des sciences, Université Mentouri - Constantine, Campus Chaabat Ersas, 25000 Constantine, Algeria.

PMID: 20614806

Abstract

Five known flavonoids (1-5) and three sesquiterpene lactones (6-8) are reported for the first time from the endemic species Centaurea sulphurea Willd. (Asteraceae). Compound 7 is a new heliangolide (6R, 7R, 8S, 3'R)-8alpha-(3',4'-dihydroxy-methylene-2'-butanoyloxy)-15-oxo-helianga-1 (10), 4(5), 11(13)-trien-6,12-olide, named as sulphurein.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Centaurea / chemistry*
Flavonoids / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*

Substances

Flavonoids
Sesquiterpenes
sulphureidin