Diterpenes from the fruits of Vitex rotundifolia

J Nat Prod. 1999 Nov;62(11):1532-7. doi: 10.1021/np990204x.

Abstract

Eight new labdane-type diterpenes (1-8) were isolated from the fruit of Vitex rotundifolia along with two known abietane-type diterpenoids (9, 10), and their structures were characterized on the basis of spectroscopic data and X-ray crystallographic analysis. Among them, the abietane-type diterpenoid ferruginol (9) exhibited a stronger antioxidative activity than the standard antioxidant, 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA), using a ferric thiocyanate method.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology
  • Asia
  • Bepridil / analogs & derivatives
  • Bepridil / chemistry
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers / pharmacology
  • Free Radicals
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Picrates*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Diterpenes
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Free Radicals
  • Picrates
  • Bepridil
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl