Chemical constituents from the flowers of wild Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

July 28, 2017

Title

Chemical constituents from the flowers of wild Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Author

Hu Zhang, Ning Feng, Yan-Tong Xu, Tian-Xiang Li, Xiu-Mei Gao, Yan Zhu, Yun Seon Song, Ya-Nan Wang, Hong-Hua Wu

Year

2017

Journal

Chemistry & Biodiversity

Abstract

Four new iridoids, 2’-O-trans-coumaroylshanzhiside (1), 6’-O-trans-coumaroyl- shanzhiside (2), 8α-butylgardenoside B (3), 6α-methoxygenipin (4), and one new phenylpropanoid glucoside, 4-methoxy-benzenepropanol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), together with sixteen known compounds, were isolated from the edible flowers of wild Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. Their chemical structures were characterized by extensive spectroscopic techniques, including 1D/2D NMR, HRESIMS, and CD experiments. The absolute configurations of the new isolates’ sugar moiety were assigned by HPLC analysis of the acid hydrolysates. Furthermore, the antioxidant activities of those isolates were preliminarily evaluated by DPPH scavenging experiment. And comparison of 1H NMR spectra for the ethanol extract of G. jasminoides Ellis, gardenoside B and geniposide revealed that the flowers of this plant have a considerable content of gardenoside B instead of geniposide in the fruits, indicating different activities and applications in people's daily life.

Instrument

J-815

Keywords

Circular dichroism, Absolute configuration, Natural products, Medicinal