Sesquiterpenoid constituents of the liverworts Lepidozia fauriana and Lepidozia vitrea

Phytochemistry. 2001 Nov;58(5):789-98. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00322-3.

Abstract

The sesquiterpene constituents of the essential oils of the Taiwanese liverworts Lepidozia fauriana and L. vitrea were investigated. 11,12-Dihydrochiloscyphone and 7,10-anhydro-11,12-dihydrochiloscypholone were isolated from L. fauriana and spectroscopically characterised together with their hydrogenation products. From the same species three amorphane derivatives amorpha-4,9-dien-14-al, amorpha-4,9-dien-2-ol and 7,14-anhydroamorpha-4,9-diene, and from L. vitrea two oxygenated elemanes, namely 7-acetoxy-elema-1,3-dien-8-ol and elema-1,3-dien-7-ol, were isolated and identified. Structure elucidation was carried out by NMR spectroscopy and chemical correlations in conjunction with enantioselective gas chromatography were utilized to establish absolute configurations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / analysis*

Substances

  • Oils, Volatile
  • Sesquiterpenes