Dan Wang , Ming Zhao , Xiaoxue Li , Shujun Zhang , Liqiu Sun , Jinlan Wang , Zhichun Shi , Jun Li , Yingnan Zhao
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Abstract
Two new sesquiterpenes, zeaol C (1) and zeaone A (2), along with four known related analogues, were isolated from the styles and stigmas of Zea mays. The structures and absolute configurations of compounds 1 and 2 were elucidated through extensive spectroscopic techniques, including 1D- and 2D-NMR, HR-ESI-MS, and ECD. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited weak cytotoxic activities against the SK-OV-3 cancer cell line, while compounds 1−6 enhanced glucose consumption in HepG2 cells.
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Phytochemistry Letters invites rapid communications on all aspects of natural product research including:
• Structural elucidation of natural products
• Analytical evaluation of herbal medicines
• Clinical efficacy, safety and pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines
• Natural product biosynthesis
• Natural product synthesis and chemical modification
• Natural product metabolism
• Chemical ecology
• Biotechnology
• Bioassay-guided isolation
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology of natural products
• Metabolomics
• Ethnobotany and traditional usage
• Genetics of natural products
Manuscripts that detail the isolation of just one new compound are not substantial enough to be sent out of review and are out of scope. Furthermore, where pharmacology has been performed on one new compound to increase the amount of novel data, the pharmacology must be substantial and/or related to the medicinal use of the producing organism.