Cyclitol
Cyclitols are cycloalkanes containing one hydroxyl group on three or more ring atoms. They are cyclic polyols.
Naturally occurring cyclitols
Pinnitol is a known anti-diabetic agent isolated from Sutherlandia frutescens leaves[1][2]. Cyclitols are one of the compatible solutes which are formed in a plant as a response to salt or water stress. A cyclitol derivative can be found in the marine sponge Petrosia sp[3].
Viscumitol is a dimethyl-ether of muco-inositol that can be isolated from Viscum album[4].
Pinpollitol is a di-O-methyl -(+)-chiro-inositol that can be isolated from Pinus radiata[5].
Ononitol (4-O-methyl-myo-inositol) is a constituent of Medicago sativa[6].
Bornesitol can be found in the gentianaceae and menyanthaceae families[7].
Glycosides
Ciceritol is a pinitol digalactoside that can be isolated form seeds of chickpea, lentil and white lupin[8].
See also
References
- ^ Narayanan, 1987
- ^ Introduction Sutherlandia frutescens - Kankerbossie
- ^ A cyclitol derivative as a replication inhibitor from the marine sponge Petrosia sp. Kim D.-K.; Young Ja Lim; Jung Sun Kim; Jong Hee Park; Nam Deuk Kim; Kwang Sik Im; Jongki Hong; Jung J. H. Journal of natural products, 1999, vol. 62, no5, pp. 773-776
- ^ Viscumitol, a dimethyl-ether of muco-inositol from Viscum album. Andreas Richter, Phytochemistry, Volume 31, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 3925-3927
- ^ (+)-Pinpollitol: A di-O-methyl -(+)-chiro-inositol from Pinus radiata. Rex T. Gallagher, Phytochemistry, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 1975, Pages 755-757
- ^ Ononitol (4-O-methyl-myo-inositol) as a constituent of Medicago sativa. E. A. McComb and V. V. Rendig, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Volume 99, Issue 1, October 1962, Pages 192-193
- ^ Distribution of l-(+)-bornesitol in the gentianaceae and menyanthaceae. Norbert Schilling, Phytochemistry, Volume 15, Issue 5, 1976, Pages 824-826
- ^ Ciceritol, a pinitol digalactoside form seeds of chickpea, lentil and white lupin; Phytochemistry, Volume 22, Issue 8, 1983, Pages 1745-1751