Molecules 2012, 17(3), 3539-3546; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17033539
A New Norisoprenoid and Other Compounds from Fuzhuan Brick Tea
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Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemical and Biotechnology of Ministry of Education and Ministry of Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received: 20 December 2011 / Revised: 8 March 2012 / Accepted: 14 March 2012 / Published: 19 March 2012
(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
Abstract
Fuzhuan brick tea, a kind of dark tea consumed mainly in the border regions of Southwestern and Northwestern China since the 1860s, is produced from the leaves of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis by microbial fermentation. From this special fermented tea, a new norisoprenoid, 3R,9R-oxido-5-megastigmene, was isolated, together with α-linolenic acid, strictin, isovitexin, astragalin, (+)-catechin, (−)-epicatechin, (−)-epicatechin gallate, (+)-gallocatechin, (−)-epigallocatechin, (−)-epigallocatechin gallate and gallic acid. The structures of the compounds were identified by spectroscopic means. The new compound didn’t show any inhibition activity against the tested enteric pathogenic microorganisms at a concentration of 800 μg/mL by the hole plate diffusion method. View Full-TextKeywords:
Fuzhuan brick tea; norisoprenoid; 3R,9R-oxido-5-megastigmene; antimicrobial activity; enteric pathogenic microorganisms
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Luo, Z.-M.; Ling, T.-J.; Li, L.-X.; Zhang, Z.-Z.; Zhu, H.-T.; Zhang, Y.-J.; Wan, X.-C. A New Norisoprenoid and Other Compounds from Fuzhuan Brick Tea. Molecules 2012, 17, 3539-3546.
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