Phenylethanoid Explained

Phenylethanoids are a type of phenolic compounds characterized by a phenethyl alcohol structure. Tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol are examples of such compounds.

Glycosides

The red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) contains phenylethanoid glycosides named lamiusides A, B, C, D and E.[1] The aerial parts of Stachys officinalis contain phenylethanoid glycosides, (betonyosides A, B, C, D, E and F). Chemical investigation of methanol extracts from Pithecoctenium crucigerum (Bignoniaceae) showed the presence of five phenylethanoid glycosides (verbascoside, isoverbascoside, forsythoside B, jionoside D and leucosceptoside B), these all active against DPPH.[2]

Verbascoside and echinacoside are phenylethanoid and phenylpropanoid hybrids forming ester bonds with sugars.

Notes and References

  1. 17139106. 2006. Ito. N. Nihei. T. Kakuda. R. Yaoita. Y. Kikuchi. M. Five new phenylethanoid glycosides from the whole plants of Lamium purpureum L. 54. 12. 1705–8. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 10.1248/cpb.54.1705. free.
  2. 17382978 . 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.02.002 . 68 . 9 . Iridoid glycosides from the stems of Pithecoctenium crucigerum (Bignoniaceae) . May 2007 . Phytochemistry . 1307–11. Martin. Frédéric. Hay. Anne-Emmanuelle. Corno. Laura. Gupta. Mahabir P.. Hostettmann. Kurt.