Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)

<abstract language="eng">Croton nepetaefolius is an aromatic plant native to the northeast of Brazil where it is extensively used in folk medicine as a sedative, orexigen and antispasmodic agent. The present work deals with the chromatographic analysis of the ethanolic extract of Cro...

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Main Authors: Hélcio Silva Santos, Francisca Maria Rodrigues Mesquita, Telma Leda G. Lemos, Francisco Jose Queiroz Monte, Raimundo Braz-Filho
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2008-01-01
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author Hélcio Silva Santos
Francisca Maria Rodrigues Mesquita
Telma Leda G. Lemos
Francisco Jose Queiroz Monte
Raimundo Braz-Filho
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Francisca Maria Rodrigues Mesquita
Telma Leda G. Lemos
Francisco Jose Queiroz Monte
Raimundo Braz-Filho
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description <abstract language="eng">Croton nepetaefolius is an aromatic plant native to the northeast of Brazil where it is extensively used in folk medicine as a sedative, orexigen and antispasmodic agent. The present work deals with the chromatographic analysis of the ethanolic extract of Croton nepetaefolius stalk. It allowed the isolation and characterization of two diterpenoids named 1,4-dihydroxy-2E,6E,12E-trien-5-one-casbane and 4-hydroxy-2E,6E,12E-5-one-casbane, two acetophenones named 2-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxyacetophenone and 2-hydroxy-3,4,6-trimethoxyacetophenone and the steroids 3-O-b-D-glucopiranosylsitosterol and a mixture of b-sitosterol and stigmasterol. Structural elucidation was done on the basis of spectral data, mainly high field NMR and EIMS.
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spelling doaj.art-3b564701cf394eccb2c1138c6495e1882022-12-21T19:51:13ZengSociedade Brasileira de QuímicaQuímica Nova0100-40421678-70642008-01-0131360160410.1590/S0100-40422008000300026Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)Hélcio Silva SantosFrancisca Maria Rodrigues MesquitaTelma Leda G. LemosFrancisco Jose Queiroz MonteRaimundo Braz-Filho<abstract language="eng">Croton nepetaefolius is an aromatic plant native to the northeast of Brazil where it is extensively used in folk medicine as a sedative, orexigen and antispasmodic agent. The present work deals with the chromatographic analysis of the ethanolic extract of Croton nepetaefolius stalk. It allowed the isolation and characterization of two diterpenoids named 1,4-dihydroxy-2E,6E,12E-trien-5-one-casbane and 4-hydroxy-2E,6E,12E-5-one-casbane, two acetophenones named 2-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxyacetophenone and 2-hydroxy-3,4,6-trimethoxyacetophenone and the steroids 3-O-b-D-glucopiranosylsitosterol and a mixture of b-sitosterol and stigmasterol. Structural elucidation was done on the basis of spectral data, mainly high field NMR and EIMS.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000300026casbane diterpenoidacetophenonesCroton nepetaefolius
spellingShingle Hélcio Silva Santos
Francisca Maria Rodrigues Mesquita
Telma Leda G. Lemos
Francisco Jose Queiroz Monte
Raimundo Braz-Filho
Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
Química Nova
casbane diterpenoid
acetophenones
Croton nepetaefolius
title Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
title_full Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
title_fullStr Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
title_short Diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae) Casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of Croton nepetaefolius (Euphorbiaceae)
title_sort diterpenos casbanos e acetofenonas de croton nepetaefolius euphorbiaceae casbane diterpenes and acetophenones of croton nepetaefolius euphorbiaceae
topic casbane diterpenoid
acetophenones
Croton nepetaefolius
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000300026
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