A new meta-homoisoflavane from the fresh stems of dracaena cochinchinensis

Abstract

A new meta-homoisoflavane, 10,11-dihydroxydracaenone C (1), together with 7,4′-dihydroxyflavone (2), 7,4′-dihydroxyflavane (3), 4,4′-dihydroxy-2-methoxychalcone (4), 4,4′-dihydroxy-2-methoxydihydrochalcone (5), 7,4′-dihydrohomoisoflavanone (6), 7,4′-homoisoflavane (7), lophenol (8), β-sitosterol (9), stigma-5, 22-diene-3-ol (10), 1-(4′-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl)benzyl-ethan-2-ol (11), 3,4-dihydoxy-1-allylbenezene-4-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (12), 1-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzene-1-O-α-l-apiopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (13), and tachioside (14) have been isolated from the fresh stems of Dracaena cochinchinensis. Their structures have been established by spectroscopic analysis, especially by 2D NMR. This is the first time compounds 11, 13, 14 have been isolated from Dracaena.

Keywords:

• 10,11-Dihydroxydracaenone C
• Dracaena cochinchinensis
• Agavaceae
• Flavonoids
• Phenolic glycosides
• Sterols

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the staff of the analysis group of our institute for the measurement of spectroscopic data.