New phenylalkanoids from the rhizome of Cnidium officinalis Makino

Cnidium officinalis rhizomes were immersed in 80% MeOH. The extract was fractionated to water, n-butanol, and ethyl acetate fractions (Fr). Open column chromatography was repeatedly carried out on n-butanol and ethyl acetate Fr using silica gel, octadecyl silica gel, and Sephadex LH-20 as the stationary phase affording five phenyl alkanoids 1–5 including two new ones. The molecular structures including stereochemistry were decided based on spectroscopic interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, and infrared spectroscopy as well as chemical reaction. Three known compounds, coniferyl alcohol methyl ether (1), vanillin (2), and coniferyl aldehyde (3), were reported in the beginning for this plant by authors. Two new phenyl alkanoids were named, 7-methoxyeugenol and cnidiumoside.

New diarylpropanoids from Lindera glauca Bl. heartwood

From the heartwood of Lindera glauca Blume three new diarylpropanoids have been isolated and identified, which were named lindeglaucol, lindeglaucone, and lindeglaucoside A. Chipped heartwood was extracted repeatedly with 80% aqueous methanol (MeOH) at room temperature, and the concentrated methanolic extract was successively partitioned with ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-butanol, and H2O. From the EtOAc fraction, three new diarylpropanoids and a known chalconoid were isolated through repeated column chromatography with silica gel, octadecyl silica gel, and Sephadex LH-20. The chemical structures of the compounds were elucidated by interpretation of extensive spectroscopic data such as nuclear magnetic resonance, fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy, and infrared. In addition, a known chalconoid, cilicicone B, was isolated for the first time from the heartwood of L. glauca.

Retention behaviour of estradiol derivatives in reversed phase HPLC

Retention behaviour ofestradiol derivatives has been studied by the reversed phase HPLC. LiChrosorb RP-18 column end eluents consisting of methanol respectively aceto-nitrile and water in various proportions, were used. It was shown that there is a linear relationship between the retention constant and the volume fraction of organic component in the mobile phase. The slopes and intercepts of lines are in agreement with the polarity of derivatives studied. Considerable effect on the chromatographic behaviour exerted the type and position of substituents in the molecule of estradiol derivative. Results obtained in these investigations are compared with results of the same derivatives obtained in previous investigations on octadecyl silica gel in TLC with eluent methanol-water in various proportions.