Abstract:
A phytochemical investigation of the ethyl acetate fraction of
Lagerstroemia indica L. bark was conducted using various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel column chromatography, MCI column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and semi-preparative liquid chromatography. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated through modern spectroscopic methods, such as NMR, HR-ESI-MS, UV and IR spectroscopy. As a result total of ten compounds were isolated and identified, including a new phenylpropanoid derivative, lagerindicinol A (
1), six norisoprenoids sarmentol F (
2), (6
R,7
E,9
R)-9-Hydroxy-4,7-megastigmadien-3-one (
3), 3-hydroxy-
β-damascone (
4), megastigman-5-ene-3
β,9
R-diol (
5), (3
S,5
R,6
S,7
E,9
R)-7-megastigmene-3,6,9-triol (
6), boscialin (
7), as well as three lignans matairesinol (
8), arctigenin (
9) and (7
S,8
R)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (
10). The anti-inflammatory activity of some isolated compounds was evaluated, and the results obtained revealed that these compounds did not exhibit inhibitory effects on LDH release at a concentration of 10 μmol/L. Among the isolated, compounds
1−7,
9, and
10 were reported from
L. indica for the first time. The present study expands the phytochemical diversity of
Lagerstroemia species and provides a scientific basis for the further development and utilization of
L. indica bark.