title: Chemical constituents of Chinese natural medicine, morindae radix, the dried roots of morinda officinalis how.: structures of morindolide and morofficinaloside.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishisaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamahara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005960:Glucosides; D007783:Lactones; C096559:morindolide; C096558:morofficinaloside