Abstract:
Chemical fractionation of the
n-BuOH partition, which was generated from the EtOH extract of the flower buds of
Tussilago farfara, afforded a series of polar constituents including four new sesquiterpenoids (
1 –
4 ), one new sesquiterpenoid glucoside (
5 ) and one known analogue (
6 ) of the eudesmane type, as well as five known quinic acid derivatives (
7 –
11 ). Structures of the new compounds were unambiguously characterized by detailed spectroscopic analyses, with their absolute configurations being established by
X-ray crystallography, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculation and induced ECD experiments. The inhibitory effect of all the isolates against LPS-induced NO production in murine RAW264.7 macrophages was evaluated, with isochlorogenic acid A (
7 ) showing significant inhibitory activity.