Phytochemical study of Diospyros undulata var. cratericalyx leaves

Abstract

In the course of the phytochemical study of the leaves of Diospyros undulata var. cratericalyx (Craib) Bakh. (family Ebenaceae) using chromatographic techniques, a novel dimeric naphthoquinone, undulatanone (7,7’-biplumbagin), together with the known compounds maritinone and plumbagin were obtained. Three triterpenoids: lupeol, friedelin and betulin, were also isolated. The structure elucidation of these compounds were accomplished through the analysis of their UV, IR, MS, ¹H-NMR and ¹³C-NMR, especially the 1D-NMR and 2D-NMR data, together with the comparison of these values to other related compounds.