C₁₈ dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans from Kadsura philippinensis

Four new C₁₈ dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, kadsuphilins A (1) and B (3), 6-epi-gomisin (2), and 1-demethylkadsuphilin A (4), along with eight known related metabolites, were isolated from an EtOAc fraction of an alcoholic extract of the aerial parts of Kadsura philippinensis growing in Taiwan. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, including 2D NMR (HMQC, HMBC, and NOESY) experiments, and by comparison of their spectroscopic data with those of related metabolites. The configurations of the biphenyl and cyclooctadiene moieties were deduced from circular dichroism (CD) and NOESY NMR spectra, respectively. Some of the compounds showed radical-scavenging activity in a DPPH-HPLC method.