Isolation and structural elucidation of chemical constituents from the fruits of Morinda citrifolia Linn

Bina S Siddiqui; Fouzia A Sattar; Fayaz Ahmad; Sabira Begum

doi:10.1007/BF02993956

Isolation and structural elucidation of chemical constituents from the fruits of Morinda citrifolia Linn

Arch Pharm Res. 2007 Aug;30(8):919-23. doi: 10.1007/BF02993956.

Authors

Bina S Siddiqui¹, Fouzia A Sattar, Fayaz Ahmad, Sabira Begum

Affiliation

¹ International Center for Chemical Sciences, H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. bina@khi.comsats.net.pk

PMID: 17879741
DOI: 10.1007/BF02993956

Abstract

The fruits of Morinda citrifolia, Linn. afforded a new constituent, morinaphthalenone (1), and three known constituents, scopoletin (2), 1, 3-dimethoxy-anthraquinone (3) and 1, 2-dihydroxy-anthraquinone (4). The structures of these isolated compounds were determined by spectroscopic methods, including 1D- and 2D-NMR (COSY-45, HMQC, HMBC) techniques, as well as by comparison with published values.

MeSH terms

Anthraquinones* / chemistry
Anthraquinones* / isolation & purification
Fruit / chemistry
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Structure
Morinda / chemistry*
Naphthalenes* / chemistry
Naphthalenes* / isolation & purification
Plant Extracts / chemistry
Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
Scopoletin* / chemistry
Scopoletin* / isolation & purification

Substances

1, 3-dimethoxy-anthraquinone
Anthraquinones
Naphthalenes
Plant Extracts
morinaphthalenone
alizarin
Scopoletin