New bibenzyl cannabinoid from the New Zealand liverwort Radula marginata

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2002 Oct;50(10):1390-2. doi: 10.1248/cpb.50.1390.

Abstract

The ether extract of the New Zealand liverwort Radula marginata afforded a new cannabinoid type bibenzyl compound named perrottetinenic acid, and two new bibenzyls, together with a known cannabinoid, perrottetinene. Their structures were established by two dimensional (2D) NMR spectral data. The structure of perrottetinenic acid was a similar to that of Delta(1)-tetrahydrocannabinol, a known hallucinogen. Cannabinoid type bibenzyls have been isolated from liverwort Radula perrottetii, though have not previously been reported from the liverwort R. marginata.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bibenzyls / chemistry*
  • Bibenzyls / isolation & purification
  • Cannabinoids / chemistry*
  • Cannabinoids / isolation & purification
  • Hepatophyta / chemistry*
  • New Zealand
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Bibenzyls
  • Cannabinoids
  • Plant Extracts