[A new cyclic diarylheptanoid from the bark of Myrica rubra]

Yao Xue Xue Bao. 2015 Jun;50(6):746-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

To study the chemical constituents from the bark of Myrica rubra, fourteen compounds were isolated from the methanolic extract using various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified on the basis of chemical properties and spectroscopic data, as 3, 5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxymyricanol (1), myricanol (2), myricanone (3), myricanol 11-sulfate (4), myricitrin (5), quercetin (6), quercetin-3-rhamnoside (7), tamarixol (8), uvaol (9), ursolic acid (10), taraxerol (11), myricadiol (12), β-sitosterol (13) and β-daucosterol (14). Among them, compound 1 is a new compound, named as 3, 5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxymyricanol, compounds 8, 9 were isolated from the genus Myrica for the first time.

MeSH terms

  • Diarylheptanoids / chemistry*
  • Diarylheptanoids / isolation & purification
  • Myrica / chemistry*
  • Phytochemicals / chemistry*
  • Phytochemicals / isolation & purification
  • Plant Bark / chemistry*

Substances

  • Diarylheptanoids
  • Phytochemicals