Planta Med 2003; 69(1): 91-94
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37033
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

New Epoxyserratanes from Huperzia serrata

Hui Zhou1 , Shan-Hao Jiang1 , Chang-Heng Tan1 , Bao-De Wang1 , Da-Yuan Zhu1
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Publication History

Received: May 31, 2002

Accepted: August 13, 2002

Publication Date:
04 February 2003 (online)

Abstract

Three new serratane-type epoxytriterpenoids were isolated from the whole plant of Huperzia serrata. The structures of these new compounds were characterized as 14β,15β-epoxy-3β-hydroxyserratan-21β-ol (1), 14β,15β-epoxy-3β-hydroxyserratan-21α-ol (2), and 14β,15β-epoxy-3β-hydroxyserratan-21α-ol-3β-O-acetate (3), respectively, on the basis of spectral data and for 1 by single-crystal X-ray analysis.

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Prof. Da-Yuan Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Drug Research

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Shanghai 200031

P. R. China

Email: dyzhu@mail.shcnc.ac.cn

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