title: Phenolic and terpenoid compounds from Chione venosa (sw.) urban var. venosa (Bois Bandé).
abstract: The Caribbean island of Grenada furnishes the popular aphrodisiac drug Bois Bandé, which consists of the stem bark and the roots of Chione venosa (sw.) URBAN var. venosa (Rubiaceae), a native tree growing in the islands' rain forest. The phytochemical investigation of dichloromethane and methanolic-aqueous extracts of the bark and the roots yielded three acetophenone derivatives described for the first time in plants - ortho-hydroxy-acetophenone-azine (1), acetophenone-2-O-[beta-D-apiofuranosyl-(1''-->6')-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside] (2) and acetophenone-2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3) - along with five known compounds, alpha-morroniside (4), sweroside (5), diderroside (6), daucosterol (7) and beta-sitosterol (8). Their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR analysis, UV-Vis and ESI-MS.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, PharmaCenter Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lendl
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glasl
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kletter
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mucaji
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Presser
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reznicek
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jurenitsch
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000098:Acetophenones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry; D019666:Rubiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000098:Acetophenones; D013729:Terpenes