Homoisoflavonoids from Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawler

Phytochemistry. 2003 Apr;62(7):1153-8. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00515-0.

Abstract

From the ethyl acetate extract of the tuberous roots of Ophiopogon japonicus (Liliaceae) eight known and five new homoisoflavonoidal compounds were isolated. The new compounds are 5,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxy-6-methyl-3-(2'-hydroxy-4'-methoxybenzyl)chroman-4-one (1), 7-hydroxy-5,8-dimethoxy-6-methyl-3-(2'-hydroxy-4'-methoxybenzyl)chroman-4-one (2), 5,7-dihydroxy-6,8-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxybenzyl)chroman-4-one (3), 2,5,7-trihydroxy-6,8-dimethyl-3-(3',4'-methylenedioxybenzyl)chroman-4-one (4) and 2,5,7-trihydroxy-6,8-dimethyl-3-(4'-methoxybenzyl)chroman-4-one (5). Their structures have been elucidated by mass and NMR spectroscopy. Compounds 4 and 5 are the first isolated homoisoflavonoids with a hemiacetal function at position 2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetals / chemistry
  • Chromatography / methods
  • Isoflavones / chemistry*
  • Isoflavones / isolation & purification
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Ophiopogon / chemistry*
  • Plant Tubers / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Acetals
  • Isoflavones