Nonpolar components of the latex of Euphorbia peplus

J Nat Prod. 2000 Feb;63(2):267-9. doi: 10.1021/np990081g.

Abstract

The less polar fractions of the latex of Euphorbia peplus were found to contain obtusifoliol, cycloartenol, 24-methylenecycloartanol, lanosterol, and 24-methylenelanosterol in the free and esterified triterpene alcohol fractions; 9-cis-tricosene as the major component of the hydrocarbon fraction; and a new acyclic triterpene alcohol named peplusol (1). The structure of 1 was determined as the R-isomer of (all-E)-2-(5,9-dimethyl-1-methylene-4,8-decadienyl)-5,9, 13-trimethyl-4,8,12-tetradecatrien-1-ol by spectral and chemical methods.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Disulfides
  • Euphorbiaceae / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hydrocarbons / chemistry
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Latex / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Triterpenes / chemistry

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Disulfides
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Latex
  • Triterpenes
  • dimethyl disulfide