Abstract:
Chemical investigation of fruits of
Mours alba L. lead to the isolation of fifteen compounds by various chromatographies such as silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, RP-C
18 column chromatography. Their structures were determined to be: 1-5-(2-formlfuryl) methyl dihydrogen 2-hydroxypropane-1, 2, 3-tricarboxylate 2, 3-diethyl ester (
1), 1-2-(furan-2-yl)-2-oxoethyl pyrrolidin-2-one (
2), divaricataester A (
3), methyl 1-2-(furan-2-yl)-2- oxoethyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylate (
4), 1-2-(furan-2-yl)-2-oxoethyl-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (
5),
L-pyroglutamic acid (
6),
L-pyroglutamic acid ethyl ester (
7), 3-
O-caffeoylquinic acid methyl ester (
8), 3-
O- caffeoylquinic acid ethyl ester (
9), 5-
O-caffeoylquinic acid methyl ester (
10), 5-
O-caffeoylquinic acid ethyl ester (
11), 4-
O-caffeoylquinic acid methyl ester (
12), 4-
O-caffeoylquinic acid methyl ester (
13), 4-
O-caffeoylquinic acid (
14), 3-
O-caffeoylquinic acid (
15), respectively, based on the spectral analysis such as NMR, MS
etc. Compounds
1-
14 were isolated from this genus for the first time, among which
1 was a new compound.