Sesquiterpenes from aerial parts of Ferula vesceritensis

Phytochemistry. 2008 Jun;69(9):1933-8. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.03.010. Epub 2008 May 14.

Abstract

From the dichloromethane extract of aerial parts of Ferula vesceritensis (Apiaceae), 11 sesquiterpene derivatives were isolated. Among them five were compounds designated as 10-hydroxylancerodiol-6-anisate, 2,10-diacetyl-8-hydroxyferutriol-6-anisate, 10-hydroxylancerodiol-6-benzoate, vesceritenone and epoxy-vesceritenol. The six known compounds were identified as feselol, farnesiferol A, lapidol, 2-acetyl-jaeschkeanadiol-6-anisate, lasidiol-10-anisate and 10-oxo-jaesckeanadiol-6-anisate. All the structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic studies including 1D and 2D NMR experiments and mass spectroscopy analysis. Two of the compounds, the sesquiterpene coumarins farnesiferol A and feselol, bound to the model recombinant nucleotide-binding site of an MDR-like efflux pump from the enteropathogenic protozoan Cryptosporidium parvum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ferula / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes