Chrysin and its derivatives in plants of the genusScutellaria

Summary 1. A glycoside (II) identified by chrysin 7--glucopyranosiduronic acid has been isolated from the epigeal part ofScutellaria scordiifolia in a yield of 2.0–2.2%.2. A glycoside (IV), characterized as 2-methoxychrysin 7--D-glucopyranosiduronic acid has been isolated from the roots ofS. granulosa.3. This is the first time that chrysin and 2-methoxychrysin and their 7-glucuronides have been isolated from theScutellaria species mentioned.Khar'kov Scientific-Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Ukrainian Zonal Research Station for Medicinal Plants, Poltava. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 730–735, November–December, 1976.     

Structure of kordiline

A new alkaloid kordiline has been isolated from the epigeal part ofKorolkowia sewerzowii. On the basis of the results of a study of the IR, PMR, and mass spectra of kordiline and the products of its transformations, it has been established that kordiline has the structure and partial configuration of 3,11-dihydroxy-⁸-cevanine.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 253–255, March–April, 1985.     

Quinoid pigments of echinodermata VII. Anthraquinones of the starfishHenricia leviuscula

Summary A preliminary study has been made of starfish of the family Echinasteridae for their content of anthraquinone pigments.A sulfated anthraquinone — the Na salt of isorhodoptilometrin 2-sulfate has been isolated from the starfishHenricia leviuscula.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 148–151, March–April, 1979.     

Chemical constitution ofLedum palustre

From the herbLedum palustre L., collected in July in Kostroma province we have isolated -sitosterol, the triterpenoids taraxerol, uvaol, and ursolic acid, the coumarin fraxetin, the known flavonoids quercetin, hyperoside, and 3,3,7-tri-O-methylquercetin, and a new natural flavonoid. The latter was isolated in the form of light yellow crystals with mp 188–190°C (from ethanol), with the composition C₁₉H₁₈O₈. On the basis of IR, UV, NMR, and mass spectroscopy the structure of 4,5-dihydroxy-3,3,5,7-tetramethoxyflavone has been suggested for it.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Medicinal Plants, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 175–180, March–April, 1980.     

Proanthocyanidins ofPolygonum corarium. II

Eight proanthocyanidins have been isolated from the roots ofPolygonum coriarum. The structures of two dimers, two trimers, including an acylglycosylated one, a tetramer, and three oligomers have been determined. All the compounds isolated were polymers and copolymers of (-)epigallocatechin, (-)epigallocatechin gallate and (-)epicatechin with C-4C-8 interflavan bonds.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances. Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Fax (3712) 62 73 48. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 233–244, March–April, 1994.     

Arenobufagin and gamabufotalin from the venom of the Central Asian green toadBufo viridis. Introduction,structural—functional features

Two bufodienolides have been isolated in the individual form from the Central Asian green toadBufo viridis for the first time. It has been established by₁H NMR, mass spectrometry, and x-ray structural analysis that these compounds are gamabufotalin (3, 11, 14-trihydroxy-5, 14ß-bufa-20,22-dienolide) and a crystalline modification of arenobufagin (3, 11, 14-trihydroxy-12-oxo-5, 14-bufa-20,22-dienolide). The biological activity of Bakagin — the total bufadienolides of the venom ofB. viridis, consisting predominantly of the compounds named — has been studied. The promising nature of a further study of Bakagin as a cardiotonic drug has been shown.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 260–268, March–April, 1995. Original article submitted October 10, 1994.     

Alkaloids of the epigeal part ofConvolvulus krauseanus

The epigeal part ofConvolvulus krauseanus collected in two vegetation periods — flowering and fruit-bearing — has been studied for the first time. Five bases have been isolated. Convolvine, convolamine, and convolidine proved to be known, phyllalbine was isolated from this species for the first time, and colvolicine proved to be a new base for which the structure of (±)-N-acetoxy-3-veratroyl-nortropine has been established.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 527–529, July–August, 1979.     

Structure of subchrysin

A new sesquiterpene lactone having the structure 3-acetoxy-1-hydroxy-6, 7(H)-germacra-4,10(14), 11(13)-trien-6, 12-olide has been isolated fromArtemisia subchrysolepis Filat. and has been called subchrysin. Its stereochemistry has been established by x-ray structural analysis.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 176–180, March–April, 1998.     

Phytoecdysteroids of plants of the genusRhaponticum polypodin B 22-O-benzoate fromRhaponticum carthamoides

A known ecdysteroid — -ecdysone- and a new phytoecdysteroid — polypodin B-22-O-benzoate — have been isolated from the seeds ofRhaponticum carthamoides (Willa) Iljin. Alkaline hydrolysis of the latter gave polypodin B. Its structure has been established on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 40 64 75. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 851–853, November–December, 1997.     

Triterpene glycosides ofCauliphyllum robustum. The structures of caulosides B and C

Summary Two triterpene glycosides — caulosides b and c — have been isolated from a methanolic extract of the leaves ofCaulophyllum robustum maxim. Cauloside b has been identified as hederagenin 3--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside, while cauloside c has the structure of hederagenin 3-0--L-arabinopyranosyl(13)--L-pyranosyl-(12)--L-arabinopyranoside.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 174–176, March–April, 1979.     

Alkaloids of Ziziphus jujuba the structure of juziphine and juzirine

Summary Six bases have been isolated from the leaves of the plantZiziphus jujuba Mill. family Rhamnaceae, cultivated in Tashkent: coclaurine, which has been isolated previously, and isoboldine, norisoboldine, asimilobine, which have been isolated for the first time, and the new juziphine and juzirine. It has been established that juziphine has the structure of 8-hydroxy-1R-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-7-methoxytetrahydroisoquinoline, and juzirine that of 7-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-6-methoxyisoquinoline.Juziphine has also been isolated from the epigeal part ofCorydalis gortschakovii.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 239–243, March–April, 1977.     

Determination of methylviologen (Paraquat) by differential pulse polarography

Summary Determination of Methylviologen (Paraquat) by Differential Pulse Polarography The second reduction wave of methylviologen (Paraquat) has been studied at pH 2 by different polarographic techniques. The limiting current is diffusion-controlled. Evidence for dimerization of the radical formed in the first reduction step has been obtained. The n values for the reduction process have been calculated at concentration levels where the dimer and the monomer predominate. Paraquat can be determined by differential pulse polarography in the 6.0×10^–5–4.0×10^–7 M concentration range, the limit of determination being 1.7×10^–7 M. The method has been applied to paraquat determination in commercial herbicides.     

Polysaccharides ofPolygonatum. VI. A study of the structure of a glucomannan fromPolygonatum sewerzowii by13C NMR spectroscopy,electron microscopy,and x-radiography

A phytoecdysteroid, sileneoside D, has been isolated from the roots ofSilene brahuica Boiss. and it has been shown to be ecdysterone 3-O--D-galactopyranoside.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 741–744, November–December, 1984.     

Triterpene glycosides ofHedera helix III. Structure of the triterpene sulfates and their glycosides

From the leaves of English ivyHedera helix L. we have isolated the known 3-sulfates of oleanolic and echinocystic acids and their 28-O--L-rhamnopyranosyl-(14)-O--D-glucopyranosyl-(16)-O--D-glucopyranosyl esters and the new 3-sulfate of 28-O--gentiobiosyl oleanolate — helicoside L-8a. The structures of the compounds isolated were deduced from the results of chemical transformations and NMR spectroscopy.Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 87–90, January–February, 1999.     

Use of double proton resonance to establish the structure of lignans of the arylnaphthalene series. The structure of daurinol

On the basis of the results of a study of PMR spectra with the use of double proton resonance, the promising nature of this method for determining the structures of lignans of the arylnaphthalene series has been shown and the structure of a new lignan, daurinol, isolated fromHaplophyllum dauricum has been established as the lactone of 6-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-7-methoxy-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-naphthoid acid.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 19–23, January–February 1983.     

Withasteroids ofPhysalis VI.1H and13C NMR spectra of withasteroids ixocarpalactone A and ixocarpanolide

The¹H and¹³C NMR spectra of two withasteroids isolated fromPhysalis ixocarpa Brot. have been studied in detail. Their spectral characteristics are discussed. A comparison of the results obtained has led to the identification of a withasteroid with the composition C₂₈H₄₀O₈, mp 291–292°C (from methanol) as ixocarpalactone A, in spite of some difference in its physical constants. The other compound, with mp 252–253°C (from methanol), had the composition C₂₈H₄₀O₆, [] _D ²⁰ +27±4°, is new and has been called ixocarpanolide. The structure of 5,20R-dihydroxy-1-oxo-6, 7-epoxy-22R-witha-2-enolide has been proposed for it.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 326–332, May–June, 1986.     

Triterpene glycosides ofAstragalus and their genins. XXII. Cycloorbicoside A fromAstragalus orbiculatus

The quantitatively main glycoside — cycloorbicoside A — has been isolated from the epigeal parts of the plantAstragalus orbiculatus, and on the basis of chemical transformations and spectral characteristics its structure has been established as (23R,24S)-16,23:16,24-diepoxycycloartane-3,7,25-triol 3-0--D-xylopyranoside.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 719–726, November–December, 1986.     

Isolation of fusicoccin from a culture filtrate ofFusicoccum amygdali

Fusicoccin A has been isolated from a culture filtrate of the filtrate of the fungusFusicoccum amygdali Del., and it has been characterized as an -glycoside of a tricyclic diterpenoid. The trimethylsilyl derivative of fusicoccin A has been investigated by combined GLC and mass spectrometry.All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Applied Biology and Genetics, VASKhNIL, Moscow. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 792–796, November–December, 1980.     

Carbohydrate compositions of preparations of fungal origin

The fractional composition of the polysaccharides formed by some local strains of basidial fungi (Panus tigrinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Fomes formentarius, andPhanarechaeta chrysosporium) in a submerged medium on various plant wastes (spent cottonseed pulp and cottonplant stems) has been investigated. Water-soluble polysaccharides, pectin substances, and hemicelluloses have been isolated from the products synthesized by the fungi, and their qualitative and quantitative monosaccharide compositions have been determined.Materials presented at the Second International Symposium of the Chemistry of Natural Compounds (SCNC, Eskiehir, Turkey, October 22–24, 1996).Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 352–357, May–June, 1977.