Abstract:
The
n-butanol fraction of
Curcuma phaeocaulis was separated and purified using a combination of chromatographic techniques, including reversed-phase medium-pressure liquid chromatography, gel column chromatography, silica gel column chromatography, preparative thin-layer chromatography and reversed-phase semi-preparative high-performance liquid chromatography. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated through comprehensive spectroscopic analyses, including high-resolution mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Finally, three ionone glycosides were isolated from
C. phaeocaulis and identified as (6
Z, 9
S)-4, 6-megastigmadien-3-one-9-
O-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
1), (3
R, 9
S)-megastigman-5-en-3, 9-diol 3-
O-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
2), and blumenol C glucoside (
3). Notably, compound
1 was a new ionone, while compounds
2 and
3 were isolated from
C. phaeocaulis for the first time. Subsequent evaluation of cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities revealed that all three compounds exhibited cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects.