Macrocyclic diterpenoids from Euphorbia semiperfoliata

J Nat Prod. 1998 Jun 26;61(6):749-56. doi: 10.1021/np970507w.

Abstract

In addition to known compounds, the aerial parts of E. semiperfoliata afforded an abietanolide (3), 13 jatrophane polyesters (4-9, 12, 14-19), two 4-deoxyphorbol diesters (23, 24), and a pair of epimeric diterpenes (21, 22) with a novel carbon skeleton, which was named euphoperfoliane. Structures were determined by spectroscopic analysis, and the main conformational features of jatropha-6(17),11-dienes are discussed in detail. The obtained isolation yield of several jatrophanes was unprecedented within the spurges (Euphorbia spp.), making E. semiperfoliata a unique source of macrocyclic diterpenoids.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Euphorbiaceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Diterpenes