Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2000;31(2):86-89

Minor Phenolic Constituents of Chinaberry-tree (Melia azedarach)

Shisheng LI ; Jingzhen DENG ; Shouxun ZHAO

Keywords

Melia azedarach L. hexacosylferulate tetracosylferulate pentacosylferulate heptacosylferulate octacosylferulate

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Five minor ferulic acid esters (Ⅰ～Ⅴ) were identified in a petrol extract of Melia azedarach stem bark, one (Ⅰ) of which was isolated with no impurity for the first time. By chemical and spectral methods, their structures were elucidated as hexacosylferulate (Ⅰ); tetracosylferulate (Ⅱ); pentacosylferulate (Ⅲ); heptacosylferulate (Ⅳ) and octacosylferulate (Ⅴ), respectively.