A new sesquiterpene from the fruits of Daucus carota L.

ABSTRACT: Phytochemical investigation of the fruits of Daucus carota L. resulted in the isolation of a new sesquiterpene named as daucucarotol (1). Its structure was elucidated on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR experiments, coupled with MS studies. To our knowledge, compound 1 is the first example for a natural eudesmane sesquiterpene with a hydroxymethyl group located at a methine carbon rather than a usual quaternary carbon in the two fused six-membered ring systems.

SUBMITTER: Fu HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6255428 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature