[Studies on the chemical constituents of Dendrobium loddigesii rolfe]

Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1991;26(4):307-10.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

According to IR, UV, MS and NMR spectra of the compounds isolated from the fresh stem of Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe (a Chinese medicine), 3 constituents were identified. They are shihunidine, shihunine and dendrophenol (4,4'- dihydroxy-3,3',5-trimethoxybibenzyl). Chemical reactions showed that shihunidine was derived from shihunine during isolation. Shihunidine and shihunine were shown to be inhibitors of Na+, K+-ATPase of the rat kidney.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzyl Compounds / chemistry
  • Benzyl Compounds / isolation & purification*
  • Isoindoles
  • Kidney / enzymology
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Microsomes / enzymology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Pyrrolidines / chemistry
  • Pyrrolidines / isolation & purification*
  • Rats
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / metabolism

Substances

  • Benzyl Compounds
  • Isoindoles
  • Lactones
  • Pyrrolidines
  • dendrophenol
  • shihunidine
  • shihunine
  • Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase