Abstract:
Four cadinane-type sesquiterpenes were obtained from the petroleum ether of 95% ethanol extract of
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng by using an HP-20 macroporous resin column, silica gel, and semi-preparative HPLC. Their structures were determined by physical, chemical and spectroscopic methods and identified as eupatorinol (
1), (+)-(5
R,7
S,9
R,10
S)-2-oxocadinan-3,6(11)-dien-12,7-olide (
2), (1
S,4
R)-7-hydroxycalamenen-3-one(
3) and (-)-(5
R,6
R,7
S,9
R,10
S)-cadinan-3-ene-6,7-diol (
4). Among them, compound
1 is a new cadinane-type sesquiterpene, and compound
3 was isolated from this genus for the first time. In bioassay, none of these compounds displayed obvious cytotoxicity.