Peltate glandular trichomes of Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis harbor a new class of defensive sesterterpenoids

Org Lett. 2013 Apr 5;15(7):1694-7. doi: 10.1021/ol4004756. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

Abstract

A new class of unique sesterterpenoids, colquhounoids A-C (1-3), were identified from the peltate glandular trichomes of Colquhounia coccinea var. mollis (Lamiaceae) through precise laser-microdissection coupled with UPLC/MS/MS and spectroscopic analyses and X-ray diffraction. Very interestingly, their structural features and defensive function are closely related to leucosceptroid-class sesterterpenoids harbored by the glandular trichomes of another Lamiaceae taxon, Leucosceptrum canum, even though this is morphologically distinct and taxonomically distant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Feeding Behavior / drug effects
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Moths / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Sesterterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesterterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesterterpenes / pharmacology
  • Spodoptera / drug effects
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Sesterterpenes
  • colquhounoid A
  • colquhounoid B
  • colquhounoid C