Biomarker compositions of Glyptostrobus and Metasequoia (Cupressaceae) fossils from the Eocene Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada reflect diagenesis from terpenoids of their related extant species

Simoneit, Bernd R.T.; Otto, Angelika; Kusumoto, Norihisa; Basinger, James F.

doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.07.012

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“…Another compound that occurred as a minor component in extant and fossil Glyptostrobus sp. had mass spectra that were misinterpreted as hinokione [54,65]. Based on prior mass spectrometric data for hinokione [74,75] we now tentatively suggest that compound to be 19(20)-oxoferruginol ( a5 ).…”

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“…The terpenoids of oil steam distilled from wood of G. pensilis from Vietnam were comprised of mono- and sesquiterpenoids with traces of phytol and ferruginol [63]. However, fossil leaves of this conifer back to the Eocene retained mainly the following natural products: ferruginol, 6,7-dehydroferruginol, salvinolone, 5,6-dehydrosugiol, taxodione acetate, abeo -carnosol, sugiol, cymenylferruginol, chamaecydin, and iso-chamaecydin [7,8,54,64,65].…”

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“…Ferruginol, 6,7-dehydroferruginol, sugiol, 7α-p-cymenylferruginol, chamaecydin, iso -chamaecydin, and 6β-hydroxychamaecydin were present as generally significant components in the resins of all four species (Table 2). These natural products are stable and have been reported in environmental and fossil samples [7,8,11,14,54,64,65,77].…”

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“…Resins from G. pensilis contained the following unique natural products in addition to those above: pisiferol, abeo -pisiferol, salvinolone, abeo -carnosol, 6-hydroxysalvinolone, 19(20)-oxoferruginol, and 6α- and 6β,11-dihydroxysugiols. Resins from Eocene fossils of G. pensilis consisted of ferruginol, 6,7-dehydroferruginol, 19(20)-oxoferruginol, sugiol, abeo -carnosol, salvinolone, and chamaecydins, but no pisiferol or abeo -pisiferol [54]. Therefore, the geological fate of the abeo -diterpenoids is not fully known.…”

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“…The resin of extant G. pensilis contained traces of 7α-p-cymenylferruginol [36]. It was reported first as an unknown compound in fossil G. oregonensis from the Miocene of Emerald Creek, ID (labeled U7 in [65]), then in fossil G. nordenskioeldi from the Eocene of Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, but misidentified as roylean-20-oic acid [54]. It is now correctly identified as 7α-p-cymenylferruginol ( a26 ).…”

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The resins bled from stems and in seed cones and leaves of Cryptomeria japonica, Glyptostrobus pensilis, Taxodium distichum, and T. mucronatum were characterized to provide an overview of their major natural product compositions. The total solvent extract solutions were analyzed as the free and derivatized products by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to identify the compounds, which comprised minor mono- and sesquiterpenoids, and dominant di- and triterpenoids, plus aliphatic lipids (e.g., n-nonacosan-10-ol). Ferruginol, 7α-p-cymenylferruginol, and chamaecydin were the major characteristic markers for the Taxodioideae conifer subfamily. The mass spectrometric data can aid polar compound elucidation in environmental, geological, archeological, forensic and pharmaceutical studies.

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Terpenoids in resinites from middle Cretaceous karst infillings in the Rhenish Massif (Rhineland, Germany): botanical source and preservation

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New insights into the composition of historical remedies and pharmaceutical formulations: the identification of natural resins and balsams by gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric investigations

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Pascual

2020

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The present paper reports one of the first studies on the identification of natural resins and balsams in modern era drug formulations. Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied to investigate the composition of ancient remedies and pharmaceutical formulations coming from the Spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, founded at the end of the seventeenth century by the Discalced Carmelites. The obtained results highlight the presence of complex mixtures containing resinaceous and lipidic-based compounds. Thanks to the detection of characteristic markers, it was possible to identify several natural resins, such as guaiacum resin, ladano resin and scammony resin. Balsamic and aromatic compounds characteristic of essential oils were identified as well. In addition, an anti-inflammatory ointment, composed by mixing Venetian turpentine, a Pinaceae resin and a triterpene resin exudate of a plant from South America, was found among the analysed formulations. Combining the analytical results, the historical research and the botanical composition, it was possible to formulate compositional hypotheses of this historical medicine and provided some indications about their use in health. The study of historical drugs is not only important to know the practices handed down by apothecaries in the past, but also fundamental to reconstruct historical recipes that can inspire new dermatological, cosmetic, hygienic and current curative products.

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Biomarker compositions of Glyptostrobus and Metasequoia (Cupressaceae) fossils from the Eocene Buchanan Lake Formation, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada reflect diagenesis from terpenoids of their related extant species

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

Terpenoids of the Swamp Cypress Subfamily (Taxodioideae), Cupressaceae, an Overview by GC-MS

Terpenoids of the Swamp Cypress Subfamily (Taxodioideae), Cupressaceae, an Overview by GC-MS

Terpenoids in resinites from middle Cretaceous karst infillings in the Rhenish Massif (Rhineland, Germany): botanical source and preservation

New insights into the composition of historical remedies and pharmaceutical formulations: the identification of natural resins and balsams by gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric investigations

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