Phytochemical study on the ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Carpesium abrotanoides led to the isolation of two new sesquiterpene lactones, carabrolactone A (1) and carabrolactone B (2). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis.

Eight highly oxygenated germacranolides (1-8) including four new ones (2-5) were isolated from the whole plant of Carpesium divaricatum. The planar structures and relative configurations of the new compounds were determined by NMR experiment and HRESIMS data. The absolute configuration of 1 was established by circular dichroism (CD) method and X-ray diffraction, and the stereochemistry of the n...

Four thymol derivatives, 2,5-dimethoxythymol (1), 2-methoxythymol isobutyrate (2), 10-isobutyloxy-8,9-epoxythymolisobutyrate (3) and 10-(2-methylbutyloxy)-8,9-epoxythymolisobutyrate (4) were isolated from the aerial parts of Carpesium divaricatum. The structures were elucidated by high field 1D and 2D NMR techniques.

The title compound, C(15)H(20)O(3), a sesquiterpene lactone, was isolated from the aerial parts of Carpesium minus Hemsl. (Compositae). The mol-ecule is composed of three rings, with the two cyclo-hexane rings in chair conformations and the cyclo-pentane ring adopting a twist conformation. The A/B ring junction is trans-fused. The absolute configuration shown has been arbitrarily assigned. In t...

The title compound, C(15)H(20)O(4), is a eudesmanolide isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Carpesium tris-te Maxim. The mol-ecule contains three rings, viz. two fused six-membered rings in chair conformations and a five-membered ring in a flattened envelope conformation. In the crystal, two hy-droxy groups are involved in the formation of intra- and inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. T...