Preparative isolation of guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloid from Artemisia rupestris L. flowers using high-speed counter-current chromatography.
Although the medicinal plant Artemisia rupestris L. has been widely researched for several decades, its alkaloids have never been isolated before. To our surprise, the alkaloids in the plant were not detected in the stems but detected in the flowers. Herein, a novel and strange guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloid with a carboxyl group named rupestine was purified successfully from the total alkaloids extracted from the flowers by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC). The two-phase solvent system used was composed of ethyl acetate-methanol-water (8:1:7, v/v/v). Fifty six milligrams of rupestine was obtained at over 97% purity and 95% recovery from 200 mg of the total alkaloids in one-step separation. Its structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods including high resolution ESI-MS, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Correlation (HMBC), Heteronuclear Single Quantum Coherence (HSQC), and Nuclear Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy (NOESY).
Su
Zhen
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Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Natural Products Chemistry, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China.
Wu
Hankui
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Yang
Yi
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Aisa
Haji Akber
HA
Slukhan
Usmanova
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Aripova
Salimakhon
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D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003377:Countercurrent Distribution / Q000379:methods*; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012997:Solvents; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D000470:Alkaloids; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D012997:Solvents