Sesquiterpenes and phenolic compounds from achillea clypeolata

Abstract

The investigation of a dichloromethane extract of flower heads of Achillea clypeolata collected in Bulgaria led to the isolation of one guaiane (4,10,11-trihydroxy-guaiane, 1), four eudesmanes (4(15)-eudesmene-1β, 11-diol, 2, clypeotriol, 3, 3-epi-clypeotriol, 4, cryptomeridiol, 5), one diterpene (sugeroside, 6) and two phenolic compounds (centaureidin, 7 and scopoletin, 8). Their structures were elucidated by UV/vis, EI- and CI-MS as well as by one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments. 4,10,11-Trihydroxy-guaiane (1) and 3-epi-clypeotriol (4) are reported here for the first time. © 2007 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung,.