Flavonoids and Phenolic Compounds From the Parasitic Gymnosperm Parasitaxus usta Endemic to New Caledonia

Abstract

Parasitaxus usta (Podocarpaceae) is the only parasitic gymnosperm and endemic to New Caledonia. In this survey, 11 flavonoids and 6 phenolic compounds were isolated from the aerial parts. As for flavonoids, six flavones, apigenin 7- O-glucoside (1), luteolin (2), luteolin 7- O-glucoside (3), chrysoeriol (4), chrysoeriol 7- O-glucoside (5) and tricetin 3′- O-glucoside (6), one C-glycosylflavone, orientin (7), one flavonol, quercetin 3- O-glucoside (8), one anthocyanin, cyanidin 3- O-glucoside (9), and two biflavones, isoginkgetin (10) and agathisflavone (11) were identified by UV, liquid chromatograph–mass spectra (LC-MS), acid hydrolysis, NMR and/or HPLC comparisons with authentic samples. On the other hand, six phenolic compounds were identified as 5- O- E- p-coumaroyl quinic acid (12), 5- O- Z- p-coumaroyl quinic acid (13), 5- O- E- p-coumaroyl quinic acid methyl ester (14), 5- O- Z- p-coumaroyl quinic acid methyl ester (15), E-caffeic acid methyl ester 3- O-β-glucopyranoside (16), and Z-caffeic acid methyl ester 3- O-β-glucopyranoside (17) by UV, LC-MS and NMR. Chemical components of P usta were reported in this survey for the first time. Their chemical characters were chemotaxonomically compared with those of other Podocarpaceae species.