RESUMO
Phytochemical data for Ficus deltoidea Jack, a plant widely studied for its anti-hyperglycemic effect, are scarce. In the pursuit of characterizing the chemical constituents of this species, extraction and purifications were conducted using multiple chromatographic procedures on selected varieties (var. deltoidea, var. kunstleri and var. trengganuensis). Twenty-two constituents were unambiguously identified through NMR, MS and UV data. These included gallocatechin (S1), afzelechin-4-8â³-gallocatechin (S2), catechin (S3), afzelechin-4-8â³-catechin (S4), afzelechin (S5), epicatechin (S6), hovetrichoside C (S7), 6,8-di-C-glucopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-2) (S8), afzelechin-4-8â³-epiafzelechin (S9), epiafzelechin (S10), 6-C-xylopyranosyl-8-C-glucopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-1) (S11), orientin (S13), schaftoside (S14), 6-C-glucopyranosyl-8-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (vicenin-3) (S16), vitexin (S17), vitexin 2â³-O-rhamnoside (S19), isovitexin 2â³-O-rhamnoside (S20), 6,8-di-C-arabinopyranosylapigenin (S21), 6,8-di-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (S22), 6-C-arabinopyranosyl-8-C-xylopyranosylapigenin (S23), rhoifolin (S24) and cerberic acid A (S26). The presented phytochemical data can assist ethnobotanists, chemists, and natural product researchers in investigating the medicinal properties of F. deltoidea by facilitating the dereplication of its constituents.
