Resveratrol and other phenolics from the bark of Yucca schidigera roezl

J Agric Food Chem. 2001 Feb;49(2):747-52. doi: 10.1021/jf001056f.

Abstract

Five phenolic constituents have been identified in Yucca schidigera bark, and their structures were established by spectral (FABMS and NMR) experiments. These included two known stilbenes, trans-3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene (resveratrol) and trans-3,3',5,5'-tetrahydroxy-4'-methoxystilbene, as well as three novel compounds, yuccaols A, B, and C, with spiro-structures rarely occurring in the plant kingdom. It is suggested that yuccaols A-C are biosynthethized via attachment of a stilbenic derivative to the carbocationic intermediate of the oxidative flavanone-flavonol conversion.

MeSH terms

  • Flavonoids / analysis
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Liliaceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenols / chemistry*
  • Phenols / isolation & purification
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Resveratrol
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment / methods
  • Stilbenes / chemistry*
  • Stilbenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • Phenols
  • Stilbenes
  • Resveratrol