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The structure of rosmariquinone — A new antioxidant isolated from Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Author(s) -
Houlihan Christopher M.,
Ho ChiTang,
Chang Stephen S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02541500
Subject(s) - officinalis , rosmarinus , diterpene , antioxidant , methanol , chemistry , traditional medicine , botany , chromatography , stereochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , medicine
A new diterpene, named rosmariquinone, was isolated from the leaves of Rosmarinus officinalis L. The leaves were first extracted using methanol and, upon further purification, this extract yielded rosmariquinone. Structure elucidation of the antioxidant was done using IR, MS, 1 H‐NMR and 13 C‐NMR.