Structures of new monoterpenes from Thai herbal medicine Curcuma comosa

Seikou Nakamura; Yang Qu; Fengming Xu; Hisashi Matsuda; Masayuki Yoshikawa

doi:10.1248/cpb.56.1604

Structures of new monoterpenes from Thai herbal medicine Curcuma comosa

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2008 Nov;56(11):1604-6. doi: 10.1248/cpb.56.1604.

Authors

Seikou Nakamura¹, Yang Qu, Fengming Xu, Hisashi Matsuda, Masayuki Yoshikawa

Affiliation

¹ Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 18981614
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.1604

Abstract

Three new monoterpenes, comosoxide A (1), comosoxide B (2), and comososide (3), were isolated from the methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Curcuma comosa cultivated in Thailand. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Curcuma / chemistry*
Herbal Medicine
Hydrolysis
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Monoterpenes / chemistry*
Plant Roots / chemistry
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
Terpenes / chemistry*
Thailand

Substances

Monoterpenes
Terpenes
comosoxide A
comosoxide B