Euphorbia diterpenes: isolation, structure, biological activity, and synthesis (2008-2012).

Antinematodal activities of ingenane diterpenes from Euphorbia kansui and their derivatives against the pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus).

Under the bioassay-guided method, two diterpenes, 3-O-(2",3"-dimethylbutanoyl)-13-O-dodecanoylingenol (1) and 3-O-(2",3"-dimethylbutanoyl)-13-O-decanoylingenol (2) isolated from Euphorbia kansui, showed a pronounced antinematodal activity against the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus at the same minimum effective dose (MED) of 5 microg per cotton ball and still displayed antinematodal activit...

Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Diterpenes from Euphorbia pannonica, E. esula and E. falcata

New myrsinol diterpenes from Euphorbia prolifera and their inhibitory activities on LPS-induced NO production.

A phytochemical investigation of the roots of Euphorbia prolifera led to the isolation of ten new myrsinol diterpenes, named euphorbialoids A-J (1-10), and two known analogues (11 and 12). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive 1D and 2D NMR (COSY, HMQC, HMBC and NOESY) spectroscopic data analyzes, and the structures of 1 and 9 were confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The in...

Termiticidal activity of diterpenes from the roots of Euphorbia kansui.

Five ingenane compounds, 1-5, kansuinins A and B, isolated from Euphorbia kansui, and their derivatives 7 and 9 were tested for termiticidal activity against the Japanese termite, Reticulitermes speratus. At 72 hours after treatment, the ingenane compounds 1 to 5 caused 100% mortality in R. speratus at 50, 25 and 12.5 microg/disk, respectively, except for compound 1, which gave a mortality rate...

Bioactive Segetane, Ingenane, and Jatrophane Diterpenes from Euphorbia taurinensis.

A novel segetane (1: ) and jatrophane diterpene (2: ), together with five known diterpenoids possessing segetane (3: ), jatrophane (4: ), and ingenane skeletons (5 - 7: ), were isolated from the methanol extract of Euphorbia taurinensis All. The structure elucidation of the compounds was performed by means of extensive spectroscopic analysis, including HRESIMS and 1D (1H, J-modulated spin-echo ...