guaianolide/lactuca

The phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of LACTUCA SALIGNA L. revealed the presence of lactucin, lactucopicrin, and a new guaianolide named 11beta,13-dihydrolactucopicrin. The structural configuration was established through spectral data.

Lactucin (1) and its derivatives lactucopicrin (2) and 11beta,13-dihydrolactucin (3), which are characteristic bitter sesquiterpene lactones of Lactuca virosa and Cichorium intybus, were evaluated for analgesic and sedative properties in mice. The compounds showed analgesic effects at doses of 15

A total of 19 sesquiterpene lactones were isolated from roots of Lactuca canadensis L., of which 10 were reported for the first time from Lactuca species and two were unknown. This is also the first report on the co-occurrence of three pairs of zaluzanin C-type guaianolides, epimeric at C-3, and on

From aerial parts of Lactuca sibirica, two new and one known furofuran lignans were isolated, together with four known lactucin-like guaianolides. On the basis of spectral data, the new lignans were characterized as acylated glucopyranosides of 4alpha, 8alpha-dihydroxypinoresinol.

A new guaianolide and a new eudesmanolide were isolated from Lactuca tatarica, as well as eight known sesquiterpenoids. The new compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic methods including IR, HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, and the known compounds were established by comparing their physical

Two new sesquiterpene lactone xylosides, derivatives of the guaianolides 9alpha-hydroxyleucodin and 9alpha-hydroxy-11,13-dehydroleucodin, were isolated from roots of Lactuca triangulata. Their structures were established on the basis of (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra, 2D NMR (HMQC, HMBC, COSY, NOESY)

Wounding leaves or stems of Lactuca species releases a milky latex onto the plant surface. We have examined the constituents of latex from Lactuca sativa (lettuce) cv. Diana. The major components were shown to be novel 15-oxalyl and 8-sulfate conjugates of the guaianolide sesquiterpene lactones,