Mamoru Okasaka

Monoterpene glycosides from Paeonia hybrida

Monoterpene glycosides (1-5, and 7), together with 14 known compounds, were isolated from the methanol extract of the roots of Paeonia hybrida. These compounds included a paeoniflorin-related glycoside with a hybrid structure of paeoniflorin and paeonovicinoside (1), a monoterpene glucoside biogenetically related to lactiflorin (2), a paeoniflorin-related monoterpene (3), arbiflorin-related monoterpenes (4 and 5), and a tymol-related monoterpene glycoside (7). Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic examinations.

New dammarane-type saponin from roots of Panax notoginseng

A new ginsenoside and 22 known compounds were isolated from the roots of Panax notoginseng (Araliaceae). The structure of the new compound was elucidated from 2D-NMR and other spectral evidence.

New alkaloid from the aerial parts of Codonopsis clematidea

A new codonopsine-related alkaloid and 13 known compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of Codonopsis clematidea (Campanulaceae). The structure of the new compound was elucidated by two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and other spectral examinations.

A C14-polyacetylenic glucoside with an α-pyrone moiety and four C10-polyacetylenic glucosides from Mediasia macrophylla

Polyacetylenic glucosides (1-5) were isolated from the MeOH extract of Mediasia macrophylla, and their structures were established by spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 2-4 were the first examples of C(10)-polyacetylenic glucosides found in the family Umbelliferae, while compound 1 was a unique polyacetylenic glucoside possessing an alpha-pyrone moiety.

Four new glucosides from the aerial parts of Mediasia macrophylla

As part of our chemical studies on the medical plants in Uzbekistan aimed at searching for new drug leads, we have examined the aerial parts of Mediasia macrophylla. This has resulted in the isolation of four new glucosides, together with 30 known compounds. The structures of new compounds were elucidated as (1′S)-(4-hydroxyphenyl) ethane-1′,2′-diol 2′-O-β-glucopyranoside (1), 3-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-propanol 1-O-β-glucopyranoside (2), 2-methoxy-3-hydroxy-5-(E)-propenyl-phenol 1-O-β-glucopyranoside (3), 1-O-angeloyl-β-glucopyranose (4), on the basis of spectral analysis.