Cadinane sesquiterpenes from Curcuma parviflora

J Nat Prod. 2009 Apr;72(4):782-3. doi: 10.1021/np800709k.

Abstract

Two new cadinane sesquiterpenes (1 and 2) were isolated from Curcuma parviflora, and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data. Compound 1, 4alpha-acetoxycadina-2,9-diene-1,8-dione, possesses two conjugated enone chromophores, while compound 2, 1alpha,3alpha,4beta-trihydroxy-9-cadinen-8-one, has an enone moiety with three hydroxy groups. Isolation of these cadinane monomers may reasonably suggest that parviflorenes are biogenetically classified as cadinane dimers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Curcuma / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Thailand

Substances

  • 1alpha,3alpha,4beta-trihydroxy-9-cadinen-8-one
  • 4alpha-acetoxycadina-2,9-diene-1,8-dione
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • cadinane