Abstract
Four new 11-nor-iridoids, 6-O-p-hydroxybenzoyl-10-deoxyeucommiol (1), 6-O-benzoyl-10-deoxyeucommiol (2), 6-O-benzoyl-dihydrocatalpolgenin (a mixture of 3 and 4), as well as two known iridoids, ningpogenin (5) and 6-O-p-hydroxybenzoylaucubin (6), were isolated from the fruits of Crescentia cujete Linn. The structures of these compounds were established on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.
Acknowledgements
This project was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2009CB522300) and MOST (2009ZX09501-029; 2009ZX09501-013).