Novel phenolic glycoside dimer and trimer from the whole herb of Pyrola rotundifolia

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2005 Aug;53(8):1051-3. doi: 10.1248/cpb.53.1051.

Abstract

From the water-soluble constituents of the whole herb of Pyrola rotundifolia (Pyrolaceae), one novel phenolic glycoside dimer, pyrolaside A (1), and one novel phenolic glycoside trimer, pyrolaside B (2), together with two known phenolic glycosides homoarbutin (3) and isohomoarbutin (4), were isolated. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and confirmed with chemical degradation. In vitro tests for antimicrobial activity showed pyrolaside B (2) to possess significant activity against two Gram-positive organisms, Staphylococcus aureus and Micrococcus luteus.

MeSH terms

  • Dimerization
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Micrococcus luteus / drug effects
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification*
  • Phenols / pharmacology
  • Polymers
  • Pyrola / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Phenols
  • Polymers