title: Identification of a new sesquiterpene polyol ester from Celastrus paniculatus.
abstract: A new sesquiterpene polyol ester characterized as 1alpha,6beta,8beta-triacetoxy-9beta-benzoyloxydihydro-beta-agarofuran (1), along with the three known compounds: 1alpha,6beta,8alpha-triacetoxy-9alpha-benzoyloxydihydro-beta-agarofuran (2), angulatueoid C (3), and 1alpha,6beta,8beta,14-tetraacetoxy-9alpha-benzoyloxydihydro-beta-agarofuran (4), was isolated from the CCl (4)-soluble fraction of Celastrus paniculatus methanolic seed extract. All four compounds produce at a concentration of 1 microg/mL a relaxant effect on the isolated rat ileum of 31.4 +/- 7.5, 24.3 +/- 9.6, 24.4 +/- 4.9, and 16.2 +/- 7.2 %, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy. borbone@unina.it
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Borbone
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montesano
authors.forename: Angelo A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: Simona De
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zollo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D031247:Celastrus; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D012639:Seeds; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes