Abstract:
Four new octadecanoid derivatives (
1-4 ) including a pair of enantiomers (
1/2 ), along with 12 known analogues (
5-16 ), were isolated from the seeds of
Ipomoea nil. Their structures were determined by detailed spectroscopic analyses and comparison with reported data of structurally related compounds, with the absolute configurations of
1 and
2 being assigned by an
in situ dimolybdenum ECD method. Our bioassays revealed that these isolates did not show ABTS radical scavenging activity while
10 and
13 displayed better
α-glucosidase inhibitory activity than the positive control acarbose (IC
50 167.7 ±1.55 μmol·L
-1), with IC
50 of 92.73 ±3.12 and 11.39 ±2.18 μmol·L
-1, respectively.