Clerodendranoic acid, a new phenolic acid from Clerodendranthus spicatus

Molecules. 2012 Nov 19;17(11):13656-61. doi: 10.3390/molecules171113656.

Abstract

Phenolic acid derivatives are typical constituents of Clerodendranthus spicatus which were considered to the active principles of this medicinal plant. These chemical constituents with their interesting frameworks and biological significance attracted our attention. As part of our ongoing chemical investigation of C. spicatus using various column chromatography techniques, a new phenolic compound, named clerodendranoic acid (1), was isolated from the aerial parts of C. spicatus together with five known ones, including rosmarinic acid (2), methyl rosmarinate (3), caffeic acid (4), methyl caffeate (5), ethyl caffeate (6). Their structures, including stereochemical configurations, were completely established by extensive spectroscopic methods, mainly inclvolving 1D, 2D NMR, as well as HRESIMS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cinnamates / chemistry*
  • Cinnamates / isolation & purification
  • Depsides
  • Hydroxybenzoates / chemistry*
  • Hydroxybenzoates / isolation & purification
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Cinnamates
  • Depsides
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • Plant Extracts
  • rosmarinic acid methyl ester