The neolignans, carinatidin, dihydrocarinatidin, carinatidiol and dehydrodieugenol B from virola carinata

• Published in: Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 22; no. 10; pp. 2277 - 2280
• Main Authors: Kawanishi, Kazuko, Uhara, Yukiko, Hashimoto, Yohei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 1983; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Aromatic and heterocyclic compounds; bark; Biological and medical sciences; carinatidin; carinatidiol; dehydrodieugenol B; dihydrocarinatidin; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heterocyclic compounds, pigments; Myristicaceae; neolignans; Other biological molecules; plant biochemistry; plant physiology; Virola carinata; dihydrocarinatidin; bark; neolignans; carinatidiol; Myristicaceae; carinatidin; dehydrodieugenol B; Virola carinata; Vegetals; Spermatophyta; Molecular structure; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae
• ISSN: 0031-9422; 1873-3700
• DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80161-2

Seven neolignans have been isolated from the bark of virola carinata. Four more neolignans were found to be 5-allyl-7-methoxy-3-methyl-2-(3′-methoxy-4′-hydroxyphenyl)benzofuran, (2 S,3 S)-5-allyl-7-methoxy-3-methyl-2-(3′-methoxy-4′-hydroxyphenyl)dihydrobenzofuran, threo-1-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(2″-methoxy-4″-allylphenoxy) propane diol (1, 3) and 4,5′-diallyl-2′-hydroxy-2,3′-dimethoxy diphenyl ether. The first three compounds were newly isolated and called carinatidin, dihydrocarinatidin and carinatidiol, respectively. The last one, known as dehydrodieugenol B, has been isolated before from Ocotea cymbarum.