| Literature DB >> 11325221 |
J M Huang 1, R Yokoyama, C S Yang , Y Fukuyama.
Abstract
An extract of the pericarps of Illicium merrillianum has yielded four new sesquiterpenes: 3 alpha-hydroxycycloparvifloralone (1), 1,2-dehydrocycloparvifloralone (2), (11) 7,14-ortholactone-3 alpha-hydroxyfloridanolide (3), and 11-O-debenzoyltashironin (4) along with cycloparvifloralone (5), merrillianone (6), and tashironin (7). The structures of 1--4 were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. 11-O-Debenzoyltashironin (4) showed neurotrophic activity in primary culture of rat cortical neurons at 0.1--10 microM. However, cycloparvifloralone-type sesquiterpenes (1, 2, 5, and 6) and tashironin (7) had no neurotrophic activity at these concentrations.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11325221 DOI: 10.1021/np0005715
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nat Prod ISSN: 0163-3864 Impact factor: 4.050