Chemical constituents of Chinese natural medicine, morindae radix, the dried roots of morinda officinalis how.: structures of morindolide and morofficinaloside.
A new iridoid lactone, morindolide, and a new iridoid glucoside, morofficinaloside, have been isolated from a Chinese natural medicine, Morindae Radix, the dried root of Morinda officinalis How. together with a number of known compounds: five anthraquinones, four iridoid glucosides, a monoterpene glycoside, two sterols, an ursane-type triterpene, and a lactone compound. The chemical structures of the new compounds were determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence.
Yoshikawa
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M
Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
Yamaguchi
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S
Nishisaka
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H
Yamahara
J
J
Murakami
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N
D000107:Acetylation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis*; D005960:Glucosides / Q000032:analysis*; D007783:Lactones / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005960:Glucosides; D007783:Lactones; C096559:morindolide; C096558:morofficinaloside