Sesquiterpenes from Ferula penninervis

J Nat Prod. 2002 Dec;65(12):1897-903. doi: 10.1021/np020014d.

Abstract

The ethyl acetate soluble extract of the dried roots of Ferula penninervis gave 17 new sesquiterpenes [15 of the guaiane-type, ferupennins A-O (1-15), and two of the eudesmane-type, 1alpha-hydroxy-2-oxo-5alpha,7beta,11betaH-eudesm-3-en-6alpha,12-olide (16) and penninervin (17)] and nine known sesquiterpenes. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and X-ray analysis. The absolute configuration of ferupennin A (1) was determined by a modified Mosher method.

MeSH terms

  • Acetates
  • Acetylation
  • Adult
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Ferula / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-1 / blood
  • Interleukin-2 / blood
  • Interleukin-4 / blood
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Uzbekistan

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Interleukin-1
  • Interleukin-2
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Interleukin-4
  • ethyl acetate