Abstract
Eremurus persicus (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. belonging to Xanthorrhoeaceae family is an endemic medicinal plant widely distributed in Iran. Its leaves have been traditionally used as a food and also as medicinal plant. Regarding the widespread application of E. persicus in Iranian folk medicine, and the insignificant investigation of its components, this study aimed at the isolation and identification of major secondary metabolites of this plant. By applying various chromatographic techniques, corchoionoside A (1), 4-amino-4-carboxychroman-2-one (2), isoorientin (3), ziganein 5-methyl ether (4), auraptene (5), and imperatorin (6) were isolated from the EtOAc and CHCl3 fractions of the crude extract. Except isoorientin (3), all the identified phytoconstituents were reported for the first time from Eremurus genus.
Funding source: National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Award Identifier / Grant number: OTKA K115796
Funding source: Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme
Award Identifier / Grant number: GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00012
Funding source: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Author contributions: J. M. did the phytochemical experimental work and drafted the manuscript, N. K., J. H. and Y.-C. T. recorded and analyzed the NMR spectra, D. C. checked and completed the manuscript.
Research funding: Financial support from the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (OTKA K115796), Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00012 and János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are gratefully acknowledged.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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