A novel spinosin derivative from Semen Ziziphi Spinosae

A novel spinosin derivative, 6?-(4?'-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl)-vanilloyl spinosin (1) was isolated from the methanol extract of Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, together with five known flavonoids, swertish, spinosin, 6?-feruloylspinosin, isospinosin and kaempferol 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-O-[O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)]-β-D-glucopyranoside, and two alkanoids, zizyphusine and 6-(2',3'-dihydroxyl-4'-hydroxymethyl-tetrahydro-furan-1'-yl)-cyclopentene[c]pyrrole-1,3-diol. The structure of compound 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods including UV, IR, ESI-TOF-MS, 1D, and 2D NMR techniques.