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Title: Chemical constituents from Echinops nanus and Echinops transiliensis

Author
item NAKANO, HIROSHI - National Agricultural Research Organization - Japan (NARO)
item Cantrell, Charles
item MAMONOV, LEONID - Institute Of Plant Biology And Biotechnology
item KUSTOVA, TATYANA - Institute Of Plant Biology And Biotechnology
item FRONCZEK, FRANK - Louisiana State University
item ROSS, SAMIR - University Of Mississippi

Submitted to: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/1/2012
Publication Date: 11/1/2012
Citation: Nakano, H., Cantrell, C.L., Mamonov, L.K., Kustova, T.S., Fronczek, F.R., Ross, S.A. 2012. Chemical constituents from Echinops nanus and Echinops transiliensis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 45:127-129.

Interpretive Summary: Echinops, which belongs to the Asteraceae family, comprises about one hundred and twenty species. They are native to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and south of the mountains of tropical Africa. The roots of Echinops nanus and Echinops transiliensis were both collected at the flowering stage in Kazakhstan and were the subject of a phytochemical investigation. This is the first report on the presence of 5-(3-buten-1-ynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene, '-terthienyl, 1-methyl-4-quinolone, and hexacosyl-(E)-ferulate in E. nanus. Consequently, hexacosyl-(E)-ferulate might be chemotaxonomic marker in the genus Echinops. This is the first report on the presence of echinothiophenegenol, stigmasterol and '-sitosterol in E. transiliensis.

Technical Abstract: Echinops, which belongs to the Asteraceae family, comprises about one hundred and twenty species. They are native to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and south of the mountains of tropical Africa. The roots of Echinops nanus and Echinops transiliensis were both collected at the flowering stage in Kazakhstan and were the subject of a phytochemical investigation. This is the first report on the presence of 5-(3-buten-1-ynyl)-2,2'-bithiophene, '-terthienyl, 1-methyl-4-quinolone, and hexacosyl-(E)-ferulate in E. nanus. Consequently, hexacosyl-(E)-ferulate might be chemotaxonomic marker in the genus Echinops. This is the first report on the presence of echinothiophenegenol, stigmasterol and '-sitosterol in E. transiliensis.