Sessilifol A and B, urease inhibitory pimarane-Type diterpenes from Hymenocrater sessilifolius

Abstract

New pimarane type diterpenes named sessilifol A (1) and B (2) have been isolated from the EtOH soluble fraction of Hymenocrater sessilifolius Benth., along with eight known constituents cirsimaritin (3), gardenin C (4), β-sitosterol (5), saringosterol (6), β-sitosterol glucoside (7), ursolic acid (8), sucrose (9) and vanillic acid (10). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of 1H-and 13C-NMR spectra and by 2D-NMR experiments. The structure of 1 was further confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The compound 2 showed potent inhibitory potential against the enzyme urease while 1, 3, 4 and 10 were moderately active.