Licamichauxiioic-A and -B acids--two ent-kaurene diterpenoids from Licania michauxii

Nat Prod Lett. 2002 Feb;16(1):39-45. doi: 10.1080/1057563029001/4836.

Abstract

Bioassay-guided fractionation allowed the isolation of two new cytotoxic ent-kaurene diterpenoids, licamichauxiioic-A and -B acids (1 and 2) from the root extract of Licania michauxii Prance (Chrysobalanaceae). They were characterized as ent-15-oxo-9(11),16-kauradien-19-oic acid (1) and ent-15-oxo-13(14),16-kauradien-19-oic acid (2) by various spectroscopic methods, in particular, 1D and 2D NMR spectra, and chemical evidence.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Florida
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Methylation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • licamichauxiioic-A acid
  • licamichauxiioic-B acid