Sesquiterpenoids from the rhizomes of Curcuma aeruginosa

Six sesquiterpenoids were isolated from a methanol extract of Curcuma aeruginosa rhizomes by using various chromatographic separations. Their structures were elucidated as pyrocurzerenone (1), dehydrochromolaenin (2), curzeone (3), linderazulene (4), curzerenone (5), and 8,12-epoxy-1 (10),4 (15),7,11-germacratetraen-6-one (6) by extensive NMR spectroscopic analysis as well as comparison with the reported data. This is the first report of isolation of compounds 1, 2, 4, and 6 from C. aeruginosa.