Abstract:
Six coumarins were isolated from the leaves of
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack. (
Rutaceae) grown in Guangdong. Three of the coumarins are new. On the basis of spectroscopic (UV, IR, NMR and MS) analysis and chemical methods isomexoticin, murpanidin and murpanicin were identified as (-) 5,7-dimethoxy-8-(2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutyl) coumarin (Ⅰ), (+) 7-methoxy-8-(1,2-dihydroxy-3-methyl-3-butenyl) coumarin (Ⅲ) and 7-methoxy-8-(1-ethoxy-2-hydroxy-3-methyl-3-butenyl) coumarin (Ⅳ), respectively. In addition, three known coumarins, murragatin (Ⅱ), murralongin (Ⅴ) and 5,7-dimethoxy-8-(3-methyl-2-keto-butyl) coumarin (Ⅵ), were also obtained. The last compound was isolated for the first time from this plant.