Oils of the seeds of Ziziphora pedicellata and Eremostachys molluceloides

Summary The fatty oils of the seeds of the wild speciesZiziphora pedicellata andEremostachys molluceloides (Labiatae) have been investigated. The glyceride, pigment, and hydrocarbon compositions of these oils and the fatty-acid composition of the oil ofZ. pedicellata have been determined.The oil ofE. molluceloides contains laballenic acid.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 324–328, May–June, 1975.     

Investigation of the protein component of the lipopolysaccharide-protein complex ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis

It has been established by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel that the protein component of the lipopolysaccharide-protein complex ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis consists of two poly-peptides with molecular weights of 42,000–45,000 and 18,000–20,000. These polypeptides have been detected in the cell wall ofY. pseudotuberculosis as the main components. Protein fractions B-2 and B-3, differing with respect to solubility in phenol, were isolated from the LPPC ofY. pseudotuberculosis by extraction with hot 45% phenol. These protein fractions had the same polypeptide composition, which is characteristic for membrane proteins. B-3 included the LPS component and B-2 contained lipid A or fragments of it as impurity. Fractions B-3 and B-2 precipitated with antiserum to the LPPC.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 92–97, January–February, 1980.     

Quantitative determination of the furocoumarins in the leaves of Ficus carica

Summary A new modification of the chromato-spectrophotometric method of determining the amounts of psoralen and bergapten in the leaves ofFicus carica has been developed.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 349–351, May–June, 1975.     

Quantitative determination of triterpenoids of the dammarane series by the densitometry of thin-layer chromatograms

Summary Using the optical densitometry of thin-layer chromatograms, the amounts of triterpenoids of the dammarane series have been determined in the unsaponifiable fractions of ethereal extracts from the leaves of Far Eastern species of birch:Betula costata, B. mandshurica, B. dahurica, B. platyfolia, andB. kamtschatica. Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Scientific Center, USSR, Vladivostok Academy of Sciences. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 349–353, May–June, 1977.     

Structure of stachysolone

Summary It has been shown that stachysolone — a bitter substance fromStachys annua L. — is a diterpenoid with a rearranged labdane hydrocarbon skeleton of the kolavane type. Structural formula (I) has been established for stachysoloneInstitute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR. Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czechoslovakian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 295–299, May–June, 1972.     

Lipids of the seeds of Cynoglossum officinale

The compositions of the lipids and fatty acids of the seeds ofCynoglossum officinale, familyBoraginaceae have been established. The bulk of the lipids consisted of netural compounds (95.2%), while the amounts of glycolipids and phospholipids were 3.1 and 1.7%, respectively. Among the fatty acids, in addition to the usual components, acids characteristic for theBoraginaceae family have been found: 18:3 (6, 9, 12), 18:3 (9, 12, 15), 18:4 (6, 9, 12, 15), 20:1 (11), 22:1 (13), and 24:1 (15).Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. South Urals Reservation, Bashkir. Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Scientific-Center, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 758–762, November–December, 1991.     

Terpenoids of the oleoresin of Pinus pumila

Summary 1. The composition of the acid fraction of the oleresin ofPinus pumila (Pall.) Regel. has been studied, and from it has been isolated, in addition to known compounds, the methyl ester of a new labdane acetoxy acid.2. In the hydrocarbon fraction of the oleoresin 11 monoterpenes and 26 sesquiterpenes have been found (and 17 of the latter have been identified).3. The composition of the fraction of neutral oxygen-containing diterpenoids fromP. pumila differs considerably in its diterpenoid components from the corresponding fractions of the oleoresins of botanically related species-P. sibirica andP. koraiensis. Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 299–302, May–June, 1976.     

Synthesis of (E)-dodec-3-en-1-yl acetate — The main component of sex pheromones of Scrobipalpa ocellatella and Scrobipalpopsis solanivora

(E)-Dodec-3-en-l-yl acetate — the main component of the sex pheromones ofScrobipalpa ocellatella andScrobipalpopsis solanivora — has been obtained by a three-stage synthesis from decanal and malonic acid. The overall yield of pheromone was 33% calculated on the initial aldehyde.A. S. Sadykov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 682–683, September–October, 1988.     

New derivatives of (?)-neocembrene from the soft coral Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

A hexane extract of the soft coralSarcophyton trocheliophorum has yielded two new diterpenoids for which the structures of 13S-hydroxy-(–)-neocembrene and 13S-hydroxy-11,12-epoxy-(–)-neocembrene have been established.Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 535–540, July–August, 1988.     

The composition of the essential oils ofThymus marschallianus

The essential oil ofThymus marschallianus was obtained by steam distillation of freshly-gathered flowering plants growing at various heights of the Trans-Ili Ala-Tau range (Kazakhstan). The number of components detected was 49, of which 35 were identified. No appreciable differences in the composition of the essential oil with a change in the height of growth of the plant were observed. The essential oil ofTh. marschallianus and of a number of species growing in various countries have been compared.Institute of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 510–514, July–August, 1985.     

Alkaloids of the cultivated species Aconitum tauricum

Mesaconitine, hypaconitine, and the new alkaloid taurenine have been isolated from the roots of the cultivated speciesAconitum tauricum, and the structure of taurenine has been established.Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden, Kola Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 108–112, January–February, 1992.     

O-acylated lignans from the wood of Abies species

Summary From the wood of the Siberian firAbies sibirica Ledeb. and the Khingan firA. nephrolepis Maxim., five new compounds have been isolated which are ester derivatives of the lignans lariciresinol, olivil, and hydroxymatairesinol.It has been established that olivil is esterified at the primary alcoholic hydroxyl by hydroxycinnamic acids — p-coumaric or ferulic — and lariciresinol is esterified by vanillic acid. A representative of the guaialignanolides — hydroxymatairesinol — is esterified at the secondary aliphatic hydroxy group with p-hydroxybenzoic or vanillic acid.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 337–341, May–June, 1977.     

Lipids of the biomass ofRuta graveolens, grownin vivo andin vitro

A lower content of chlorophylls, phospholipids, and linolenic acid and a higher content of rutin, carotenoids, and xanthophylls in the biomass ofRuta graveolens L. obtainedin vitro has been found as compared with these indices from the epigeal part of the plant grownin vivo.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 651–655, September–October, 1993.     

Synthesis of the racemic alkaloid diptaline

The isolation from the plantDipthychocarpus strictus (Cruciferae) of the optically active base diptaline, identified as N-(11-methylsulfinylundecyl)urea, has been reported [1]. A synthesis of the racemic form of this alkaloid has now been achieved.Institute of Organic Chemistry, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 102–105, January–February, 1992.     

Coumarins of Fraxinus mandschurica and F. potamophila

Summary The leaves ofFraxinus mandschurica Rupr. and the bark ofF. potamophila Herd. have yielded esculetin, fraxinol, and a new coumarin C₁₀H₈O₅, mp 228–230°C which we have called isofraxetin. On the basis of NMR and UV spectroscopy it has been established that isofraxetin is 5,7-dihydroxy-7-methoxycoumarin.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR. Institute of Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 493–497, July–August, 1973.     

Presence of monoterpenes of the sylvestrene series in the turpentine oil from the oleoresin of Pinus silvestris

Conclusions It has been shown that an industrial sample of the turpentine oil from the oleoresin ofPinus silvestris contains, in addition to monoterpenes of the p-menthane series, monoterpenes of the m-menthane series: m-mentha-6,8-diene and m-mentha-1,3(8)-diene.Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 318–321, May–June, 1974.     

Oxygenated acids of the reserve lipids of Rumex paulsenianus

The composition of the fatty mono- and dihydroxy acids of the fruit ofRumex paulsenianus Rech. fil. (familyPolygonaceae) has been determined by a combination of IRS, UVS, GLC, and mass-spectrometric methods. (22) Monohydroxy acids of the C₁₄–C₂₀ series, including isomers and isologues, and four dihydroxy acids from C₁₈ to C₂₀, including a new isomeric 9-OH-10, 12–17:2 acid have been detected.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 762–765, November–December, 1991.     

Analysis of the nerve growth activities of protein fractions from the venoms of Agkistrodon halys halys and Echis multisquamatus

The possibility has been shown of obtaining NGFs in the process of isolating coagulant proteinases and other biologically active substances from the venoms of theAgkistrodon halys halys and theEchis multisquamata. Results characterizing the NGFs of both species as basic (weakly basic) proteins with molecular masses of 30.0–40.0 kDa are presented.Institute of Biochemistry, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 266–270, March-April, 1992.     

Phytoecdysteroids of plants of the genus Serratula. Ajugasterone C 20,22-monoacetonide from Serratura wolffii

The phytoectysteroids of the epigeal part of the plantSerratula wolffii Andrae have been investigated. The structure of a new ecdysteroid — ajugasterone C 20,22-monoacetonide has been established. Seven known acdysteroids have been isolated and identified.Institute of Biochemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Institute of Plant Substances, Uzbekistan Republic Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 71–76, January–February, 1992.     

Alkaloids ofVeratrum,Petilium, andKorolkowia

The review is devoted to a study of the steroid alkaloids of plants of the generaVeratrum, Petilium, andKorolkowia. Characteristic reactions, spectra, and some chemical transformations of the alkaloids subdivided into groups according to structure are discussed. Some methods for determining their structures are considered.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–22, January–February, 1980.