Chemical constituents from Dioscorea opposite / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the chemical constituents of Dioscorea opposita. Methods The constituents were isolated and purified by silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and ODS column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated by NMR spectra comparison with reference data. Results Fourteen compounds were isolated from 95% ethanol extract of D. opposite. All of them included eight diarylheptanoids (1-8) and six nitrogen compounds (9-14). They were elucidated by spectroscopic data as 5-ethoxy-1,7-diphenylheptan-3-one (1), 5-hydroxy-1,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-heptan-3-one (2), 1,7-diphenyl-4-hepten-3-one (3), 1,7-bis (4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-hepten-3-one (4), hannokinol (5), 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,5-heptanediol (6), 1,7-bis (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3,5-heptanediol (7), 1,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,5-epoxy-3-hydroxyheptane (8), trans-N- coumaroyltyramine (9), trans-N-feruloyltyramine (10), cis-N-coumaroyltyramine (11), trans-N-cinnamoyltyramine (12), pyrrolezanthine-6-ethyl ether (13), divaricataester A (14). Conclusion Compounds 1 is a new natural product, named as dioscoheptone A. Compounds 3, 4, 10, 12, 13, and 14 are isolated from the family of dioscoreaceae for the first time. Compounds 2, 6, and 8 are isolated from D. opposita for the first time.