Absolute configuration and complete assignment of 13C NMR data for new sesquiterpenes from Maytenus chiapensis

J Nat Prod. 2003 Apr;66(4):572-4. doi: 10.1021/np0205248.

Abstract

Five new dihydro-beta-agarofuran sesquiterpenes (1-5) were isolated from the leaves of Maytenus chiapensis. The structures of 1-5 were determined by means of 1D and 2D NMR techniques. A semiselective HMBC technique was applied in order to obtain complete (13)C NMR assignments. Absolute configurations were determined by CD studies and chemical correlations and on biogenetic grounds. Compound 4 showed weak activity against a multidrug-resistant Leishmania tropica line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Cell Line / drug effects
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • El Salvador
  • Leishmania tropica / drug effects*
  • Maytenus / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Sesquiterpenes