蓮是蓮科,廣泛種植於亞洲東部的多年生水生植物可作為食品和飲料。為了進一步了解蓮的化學分類,即選用此種粉紅花的栽培種蓮葉作為分析化學成分的對象。且目前未有以此科學名稱發表的成分分析文獻報導。從蓮葉中也分得幾種化合物,其中包括7個 aporphine類化合物,(-)-nuciferine (1), (-)-nornuciferine (2), (-)-asmilobine (3), (-)-N-methylasmilobine (4), (-)-caaverine (5), (-)-anonaine (6)和 (-)-roemerine (7); 2個 oxoaporphine類化合物,lysicamine (8)和liriodenine (9),1個dioxaporphine類,cepharadione B (10)及1個dehydroaporphine類化合物,7-hydroxydehydronuciferine (11); 2個固醇類化合物,β-sitostenone (12)和stigmasta-4 ,22-dien-3-one (13),2個葉綠素,pheophytin-a (14)和aristophyll-C (15)。其中一些分離出的成分,也是首次從蓮屬中分得,包括(-)-caaverine (5), lysicamine (8), cepharadione B (10)和7- hydroxydehydronuciferine (11)。針對這些化合物我們進行了,包括抗癌和抗氧化生物活性的測試。
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn is a perennial aquatic crop grown and consumed throughout Asia. All parts of N. nucifera have been used for various medicinal purposes in oriental medicine. In particular, the leaves are known for diuretic and astringent properties, and are used to treat fever, sweating, and strangury and as a styptic. To further understand the chemotaxonomy of the Nelumbo species, N. nucifera Gaertn cv. Rosa-plena was chosen for phytochemical investigation. However, there are no publications reported concerning the chemical component of this scientific name yet. There are several compounds derived from the leaves of N. nucifera, which include seven aporphines, (-)-nuciferine (1), (-)-nornuciferine (2), (-)-asmilobine (3), (-)-N-methylasimilobine (4), (-)-caaverine (5), (-)-anonaine (6) and (-)-roemerine (7); two oxoaporphines, lysicamine (8) and liriodenine (9); and one dioxoaporphine, cepharadione B (10); and one dehydroaporphine, 7-hydroxydehydronuciferine (11); two steroids, β-sitostenone (12) and stigmasta-4,22-dien-3-one (13); two chlorophylls, pheophytin-a (14) and aristophyll-C (15). Some of the isolated components from Nelumbo also have not been published, including (-)-caaverine (5), lysicamine (8), cepharadione B (10) and 7-hydroxydehydronuciferine (11). The bioactivities of this compounds, including anticancer and antioxidants were thus examined.