Phenols with anti-HIV activity from Daphne acutiloba.

The present paper describes the study of the phytochemical properties and anti-HIV activity of the phenolic isolates of the plateau medicinal plant Daphne acutiloba Rehd. (Thymelaeceae). Two new lignans named daphnenin (1) and daphnetone (2), along with 11 known ones, were isolated, and their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2DNMR spectroscopy aswell as HR‑ESI‑MS. In the anti-HIV activity study, daphnenin (1) and caffeic acid n-octadecyl ester (13) showed definite anti-HIVactivity with EC(50) values of 0.39 and 0.16 μg/mL, respectively. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.