Chloranthus multistachys

Chloranthus multistachys is a rich source of bioactive molecules.

One of the first studies isolated terpenoids such as:-

ent-17-hydroxyl-16β-methoxyl-kauran-3-one, ent-17-acetoxyl-16β-methoxyl-kauran-3-one , ent-17-hydroxyl-kaur-15-en-3-one, ent-3β-acetoxyl-kaur-15-en-16β, 17-diol, ent-kauran-3β, 16β, 17-triol, ent-3β-acetoxyl-kauran-16β, 17-diol, ent-kauran-16β, 17-diol, abbeokutone, ent-17α-acetyl-16β-hydroxyl- kauran-3-one, shizukaol F, cycloshizukaol A and curcolonol (Yang & Yue, 2008).

The main types are sesquiterpenoids.

Four were isolated and these were identified through spectroscopic analysis (Zhang et al., 2010). Two sesquiterpenoid dimers called multistalides A and B were also isolated and analysed structurally

References

Yang, S. P., & Yue, J. M. (2008). Terpenoids from Chloranthus multistachys. Natural Product Research, 22(13), pp. 1163-1168 (Abstract)

Zhang, S., Su, Z. S., Yang, S. P., & Yue, J. M. (2010). Four sesquiterpenoids from Chloranthus multistachys. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 12(6), pp. 522-528.

Zhang, S., Yang, S. P., Yuan, T., Lin, B. D., Wu, Y., & Yue, J. M. (2010). Multistalides A and B, two novel sesquiterpenoid dimers from Chloranthus multistachys. Tetrahedron Letters, 51(4), pp 764-766 (Abstract).