Verbenacine and Salvinine: Two New Diterpenes from Salvia verbenaca
Bahar Ahmed
a,*, Tawfeq A. Al-Howiriny
b, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily
b, and Jaber S. Mossa
ba Medicinal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Center
b Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. Fax: +(9 66)-1-4 67-72 45. E-mail: bahmed@ksu.edu.sa
* Author for correspondence and reprint requests
Z. Naturforsch.59 c, 9Ð14 (2004); received March 10/May 28, 2003
Two new diterpenes namely verbenacine (1) and salvinine (2) have been isolated from the aerial parts ofSalvia verbenaca.Their structures have been elucidated on the basis of chemi- cal and spectral data as 3α-hydroxy-19-carboxykaur-15-ene and 19-hydroxy-12,14-dioxo labda-15,17-diene.
Key words: Salvia verbenaca, Verbenacine, Salvinine