a rare dinorditerpene from jatropha curcas
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 31 (2003) 431–432www.elsevier.com/locate/biochemsyseco
A rare dinorditerpene fromJatropha curcas�
N. Ravindranath, C. Ramesh, Biswanath Das∗
Organic Chemistry Division, I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500 007, India
Received 14 March 2002; accepted 6 June 2002
Keywords: Jatropha; Euphorbiaceae; Aerial parts;Heudolotinone; Dinorditerpene
1. Subject and source
Jatropha curcas Linn. is a small shrub that grows widely in India. Aerial partswere collected from Dhanasri, Andhra Pradesh in September, 2000. A voucher speci-men (NBRI-202102) is preserved in the herbarium of National Botanical Institute,Lucknow, India.
2. Previous work
Several flavones (Subramanian et al., 1971), phorbol derivatives (Adolf et al.,1984), diterpenes (Naengchomnong et al., 1986; Chen et al., 1988) and a coumarino-lignan (Chen et al., 1988) have previously been reported.
3. Present study
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The air-dried aerial parts of J. curcas (1 kg) were powdered and extracted withCH2CI2-MeOH (1:1) at room temperature for 120 h. The concentrated extract wassubjected to column chromatography over silica gel to afford heudolotinone (1) (45mg, yield 0.045%). The physical (m.p., [a]D) and spectral (IR,1H and 13C NMR andMS) properties of the compound were found to be identical to those reported earlier.(Kimbu et al., 1991).
4. Chemotaxonomic significance
Heudolotinone and related dinorditerpenes have previously been isolated(Dominguez et al., 1990, 1992; Kimbu et al., 1991) from other Euphorbiaceae spec-ies.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank UGC, New Delhi for financial assistance.
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