O extrato diclorometano do caule de Raputia praetermissa levou ao isolamento de quatro compostos novos, 4-desóxi-raputindol C (1), raputimonoindol A-B (2, 3) e hexadecanil 2-hidróxi-4-metóxi-cinnamato (5), juntamente com os alcalóides 5-(4-metóxi-metilfuran-2-il)-1H-indol (raputimonoindol C), furoquinolinos maculosidine, robustine, evolitrine e dictamnine. O estudo do extrato hexano levou ao isolamento de N-metil-4-metóxi-quinolin-2(1H)-ona, skimmianina, cicloartenona, sitosterol, stigmasterol e sitostenona. Os alcalóides antranílicos isolados indicam que o gênero possui afinidade química relevante com aqueles da tribo Cusparieae, mas difere de Neoraputia devido à ausência de alcalóides prenilindois neste último, cujas espécies foram anteriormente incluídas em Raputia.The dichloromethane extract from the stems of Raputia praetermissa afforded four new compounds, 4-deoxyraputindole C (1), raputimonoindole A-B (2, 3), and hexadecanyl 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-cinnamate (5), besides the alkaloids 5-(4-methoxymethylfuran-2-yl)-1H-indole (raputimonoindole C), furoquinolines maculosidine, robustine, evolitrine and dictamnine. The hexane extract yielded N-methyl-4-methoxyquinolin-2(1H)-one, skimmianine, cycloartenone, sitosterol, stigmasterol and sitostenone. The anthranilate alkaloid content indicates that the genus is strongly related to those included in Cusparieae tribe, but differs from Neoraputia by the absence of prenylindole alkaloids in the late, whose species have previously been placed in Raputia. Previous investigations of Neoraputia reported the presence of eleven polymethoxylated flavonoids, six flavones, three 5,6-(2",2"-dimethylpyrano)flavones, one 6,7-(2",2"-dimethylpyrano)flavone and one flavanone from N. alba (Engler) Emmerich; 6,7 five polymethoxylated flavones and two flavanones, 2'-hydroxy-3,4,4',5,6'-pentamethoxychalcone, three 5',6'-(2",2"-dimethylpyrano)-polymethoxylated chalcones from N. magnifica var. magnifica (Engler) Emmerich; 8,9 ten polymethoxylated flavonoids, six flavones, three 6,7-(2",2"-dimethylpyrano) flavones and one 6-(3"-hydroxy,3"-methyl-trans-but-1"-enyl)flavone from N. paraensis.
Keywords10,11 A reinvestigation of N. paraensis searching for alkaloids afforded flindersine, skimmianine, 8-methoxyflindersine and dictamnine.12 Rosas et al. 1347 Vol. 22, No. 7, 2011 C-glycosylflavones were also reported from N. paraensis, 13 which was cited as Raputia paraensis, but this species was transferred to Neoraputia by Emmerich.
1The first investigation about the chemistry of Raputia reported the presence of cyclopentyl bisindole alkaloids raputiindoles A-D from R. simulans Kllunki. 14 In this paper we report a phytochemical study on R. praetermissa Pirani & Kallunki, and the chemosystematic significance of isolated compounds is discussed in order to clarify the relationships between Raputia and Neoraputia.
Results and DiscussionThe dichloromethane extract from the stems of Raputia praetermissa afforded four prenylindole alkaloids (1-4), a cinnamic acid derivative (5) (Figure 1 -5b), a...