The fungicidal terpenoids and essential oil from Litsea cubeba in Tibet

Molecules. 2010 Oct 13;15(10):7075-82. doi: 10.3390/molecules15107075.

Abstract

A new C₉ monoterpenoid acid (litseacubebic acid, 1) and a known monoterpene lactone (6R)-3,7-dimethyl-7-hydroxy-2-octen-6-olide (2), along with three known compounds--vanillic acid (3), trans-3,4,5-trimethoxylcinnamyl alcohol (4), and oxonantenine (5)--were isolated with bioassay-guided purification from the fruit extract of Litsea cubeba collected in Tibet. The structure of 1 was elucidated by MS, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOE spectral data as 2,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-2E,4E-hepta-2,4-diene acid. Additionally 33 compounds were identified from the essential oil of L. cubeba. The preliminary bioassay results showed that 1 and 2 have good fungicidal activities against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Thanatephorus cucumeris, Pseudocer-cospora musae and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides at the concentration of 588 and 272 μM, and the essential oil has good fungicidal activities against T. cucumeris and S. sclerotiorum, with IC₅₀ values of 115.58 and 151.25 μg/mL, repectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / analysis*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Biological Assay / methods
  • Fruit / chemistry
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Litsea / anatomy & histology
  • Litsea / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis*
  • Oils, Volatile / pharmacology
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plant Oils / analysis*
  • Plant Oils / pharmacology
  • Terpenes / analysis*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology
  • Tibet

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Oils, Volatile
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Oils
  • Terpenes