New Sesquiterpenoids from the Jordanian Medicinal Plant Inula viscosa

• Published in: Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 798 - 800
• Main Authors: Abu Zarga, Musa H, Hamed, Emad M, Sabri, Salim S, Voelter, Wolfgang, Zeller, Klaus-Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: WASHINGTON American Chemical Society 26.06.1998; Amer Chemical Soc; American Society of Pharmacognosy
• Subjects: 2ALPHA-HYDROXYILICIC ACID; 3ALPHA-HYDROXY-EPI-ILICIC ACID; 3BETA-HYDROXYILICIC ACID; 9BETA-HYDROXY-2-OXOISOCOSTIC ACID; Biological and medical sciences; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; Chemistry, Medicinal; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; DRUG PLANTS; ESPECTROMETRIA; ESTRUCTURA QUIMICA; General pharmacology; INULA VISCOSA; JORDAN; JORDANIA; JORDANIE; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Medical sciences; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Plant Sciences; PLANTAS MEDICINALES; PLANTE MEDICINALE; Science & Technology; SESQUITERPENOIDE; SESQUITERPENOIDS; SESQUITERPENOS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRIE; SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE CHIMIQUE; Jordan; Asia; OCCURRING TERPENE DERIVATIVES; FLAVONOIDS; DITTRICHIA-VISCOSA; LACTONES; ACIDS; CONSTITUENTS; Terpenoid; Pharmacognosy; Whole plant; Epimer; Compositae; Dienic compound; Medicinal plant; Hydroxyacid; Folk medicine; Carboxylic acid; Dicotyledones; Sesquiterpenes; Angiospermae; Vinylic compound; Plant origin; Isolation; Spermatophyta; Enone; Structural analysis
• ISSN: 0163-3864; 1520-6025
• DOI: 10.1021/np9701992

Four new and 14 known compounds have been isolated from Inula viscosa of Jordanian origin. The new isolates are 11(13)-eudesmen-12-oic acids, 3β-hydroxyilicic acid (1), 3α-hydroxy-epi-ilicic acid (2), 2α-hydroxyilicic acid (3) and 9β-hydroxy-2-oxoisocostic acid (4).