Study on coumarins and alkaloids from stems of Clausena lenis / 中草药

Objective: To study the coumarins and alkaloids from the stems of Clausena lenis. Methods: The chemical constituents from the stems of C. lenis were separated and purified by silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20 gel column chromatographies and preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by physicochemical properties, spectroscopic analysis, as well as the comparisons with the data reported in literatures. Results: A total of 18 compounds were isolated from the 90% ethanol extract of the stems of C. lenis, which were identified as 6,8-diprenylumbelliferone (1), byakangelicin (2), tert-O-methylheraclenol (3), pabularinone (4), isogosferol (5), heraclenol (6), imperatorin (7), decursinol (8), xanthyletin (9), marmesin (10), skimmianine (11), kokusaginine (12), N-metilatanina (13), clausine Z (14), murrayanine (15), 2-methoxy-1-(3-methyl-buten-1-yl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbaldehyde (16), claulansine I (17) and clausehainanine A (18). Among them, compounds 1-10 were coumarins and 11-18 were alkaloids. Conclusion: All compounds are isolated from C. lenis for the first time, compounds 2, 3 and 8 are separated from the genus Clausena for the first time.

New natural product from lipophilic parts in roots of Angelica dahurica / 中草药

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of lipophilic parts from the roots of Angelica dahurica. Methods: The compounds were separated and purified by repeated column chromatography on silica gel and HPLC, as well as the chemical structures of isolated compounds were determined by spectral data analyses. Results: Forty compounds were obtained and identified as isoimperatorin (1), psoralen (2), bergapten (3), β-sitosterol (4), imperatorin (5), phellopterin (6), xanthotoxin (7), isopimpinellin (8), dehydrogeijerin (9), isooxypeucedanin (10), oxypeucedanin (11), dibutylphthalate (12), umbelliferone (13), xanthotoxol (14), 5-hydroxy-8-methoxypsoralen (15), p-hydroxyphenethyl-trans-ferulate (16), pabularinone (17), isobyakangelicol (18), heraclenin (19), columbianetin (20), isogosferol (21), pabulenol (22), byakangelicin ethoxide (23), neobyakangelicol (24), oxypeucedanin methanolate (25), isoscopletin (26), 1′, 2′-dehydromarmesin (27), angelol A (28), angelol E (29), tert-O-methylheraclenol (30), (-)-marmesin (31), dahurianol {8-[(2′R)-2′, 3′-dihydroxy-3′-methylbutoxy] bergaptol; 32}, oxypeucedanin hydrate (33), heraclenol (34), byakangelicin (35), angelol L (36), angelol G (37), trans-coniferylaldehyde (38), vanillic acid (39), and trans-ferulic acid (40), respectively. Conclusion: Compound 32 is a new natural product named dahurianol.