Absolute stereostructures of polypodane-type triterpenes, myrrhanol A and myrrhanone A, from guggul-gum resin (the resin of Balsamodendron mukul)

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2004 Oct;52(10):1200-3. doi: 10.1248/cpb.52.1200.

Abstract

Two new polypodane-type triterpenes, myrrhanol A and myrrhanone A, were isolated from the 50% aqueous methanolic extract of guggul-gum resin [the resin of Balsamodendron (=Commiphora) mukul HOOK]. The structures of the new constituents, including their absolute configurations, were determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence.

MeSH terms

  • Commiphora*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Resins, Plant / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Resins, Plant
  • Triterpenes
  • myrrhanol A
  • myrrhanone A