Lorenz, Peter; Duckstein, Sarina; Conrad, Juergen; Knoedler, Matthias; Meyer, Ulrich; Stintzing, Florian C. published the artcile< An Approach to the Chemotaxonomic Differentiation of Two European Dog's Mercury Species: Mercurialis annua L. and M. perennis L.>, Reference of 617-55-0, the main research area is chemotaxonomy Mercurialis.
Mercurialis annua and M. perennis are medicinal plants used in complementary medicine. In the present work, anal. methods to allow a chemotaxonomic differentiation of M. annua and M. perennis by means of chem. marker compounds were established. In addition to previously published compounds, the exclusive presence of pyridine-3-carbonitrile and nicotinamide in CH2Cl2 extracts obtained from the herbal parts of M. annua was demonstrated by GC/MS. Notably, pyridine-3-carbonitrile was identified for the first time as a natural product. Further chromatog. separation of the CH2Cl2 extracts via polyamide yielded a MeOH fraction exhibiting a broad spectrum of side-chain saturated n-alkylresorcinols. While the n-alkylresorcinol pattern was similar for both plant species, some specific differences were observed for particular n-alkylresorcinol homologs. Finally, the investigation of H2O extracts by LC/MS/MS revealed the presence of depside constituents. Whereas, in M. perennis, a mixture of mercurialis acid (=(2R)-[(E)-caffeoyl]-2-oxoglutarate) and phaselic acid (=(E)-caffeoyl-2-malate) could be detected, in M. annua solely phaselic acid was found. By comparison with synthesized enantiomerically pure (2R)- and (2S)-phaselic acids, the configuration of the depside could be determined as (2S) in M. annua and as (2R) in M. perennis.
Chemistry & Biodiversity published new progress about Configuration. 617-55-0 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C6H10O5, Reference of 617-55-0.
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