Citation: Peng-Yu Zhuang, Gui-Jie Zhang, Xiao-Jing Wang, Yan Zhang, Shi-Shan Yu. Sesquiterpenes and prenylated C₆-C₃ compounds from the stems of Illicium henryi[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(12): 1538-1541. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.09.007 shu

Sesquiterpenes and prenylated C₆-C₃ compounds from the stems of Illicium henryi

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State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China

Corresponding author: Shi-Shan Yu,
Received Date: 21 April 2015
Available Online: 16 August 2015

One new sesquiterpene compound, namely, illihenlactone A (1), and one new prenylated C₆-C₃ compound, illihenryione H (2), along with three known sesquiterpenes (3-5) were isolated from the stems of Illicium henryi. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic evidence including NMR, HRESIMS and circular dichroism (CD). Compound 2 exhibited a weak inhibitory ratio for β-glucuronidase release induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF) in rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in vitro.
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