Chemical constituents from pericarps of Aquilaria yunnanensis / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents from the pericarps of Aquilaria yunnanensis. Methods: The chemical constituents were separated and purified by silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and semi-preparative HPLC. The structures of isolated compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic data. Results: Thirteen compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate layer of 95% EtOH extract of the pericarps of A. yunnanensis, and identified as trans-linalool-3,6-oxide-7-O-β-D-(6'-O-acetyl)-glucoside (1), phenethyl-8-O-β-D-(6'-O-acetyl)-glucoside (2), mangiferin (3), iriflophenone-3,5-C-β-D-diglucoside (4), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucoside (5), luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside (6), isorhamnetin-3-O-β-D- glucoside (7), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-(6″-p-coumaroyl)-β-D-glucoside (8), geraniol-1-O-β-D-glucoside (9), 3-[2-formyl-5- (hydroxymethyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl] pentanedioic acid (10), cannabisin D (11), icariside D2 (12), and coniferin (13). Conclusion: Compound 1 is a new compound and compound 2 is a new natural product. Compounds 7, 9-13 were obtained from the Aquilaria genus for the first time. All compounds were firstly isolated from A. yunnanensis.