New Alkaloid and Aromatic Glucoside from the Flowers of Cymbidium Lunagrad Eternal Green

Molecules. 2018 Jan 3;23(1):99. doi: 10.3390/molecules23010099.

Abstract

In this paper, we investigated the chemical components of the flowers of Cymbidium Lunagrad Eternal Green for the first time. In the whole post-fertilization, a new alkaloid, named Lunagrad A (1), and a new aromatic glucoside, named Lunagrad B (2), were isolated from the MeOH extract of the flowers of Cymbidium Lunagrad Eternal Green, along with other six known aromatic compounds (3-8) and three flavone glucosides (9-11). These structures were determined on the basis of NMR experiments, as well as chemical evidence.

Keywords: Cymbidium Lunagrad Eternal Green; alkaloid; aromatic glucoside; flavone glycoside; natural product; orchid.

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Arbutin / chemistry
  • Arbutin / isolation & purification
  • Benzyl Alcohols / chemistry
  • Benzyl Alcohols / isolation & purification
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Flowers / chemistry*
  • Glucosides / chemistry*
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Orchidaceae / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Benzyl Alcohols
  • Flavonoids
  • Glucosides
  • Plant Extracts
  • ermanin
  • gastrodin
  • Arbutin