(+)-4 beta-hydroxyhernandulcin, a new sweet sesquiterpene from the leaves and flowers of Lippia dulcis

J Nat Prod. 1992 Aug;55(8):1136-41. doi: 10.1021/np50086a016.

Abstract

From the leaves and flowers of Lippia dulcis collected in Panama, a new sweet sesquiterpene identified as (+)-4 beta-hydroxyhernandulcin [2] was isolated, accompanied by (+)-hernandulcin [1], (-)-epihernandulcin [3] (a novel natural product), and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one [4]. Acteoside (verbascoside) [5], a known bitter phenylpropanoid glycoside, was isolated from the flowers of L. dulcis. The structure of (+)-4 beta-hydroxyhernandulcin was established by interpretation of its spectral data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Panama
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / analysis
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes
  • 4-hydroxyhernandulcin