Four new acyclic diterpene glycosi
des named capsianosi
des (
1-
4), together with 12 knowncompounds, were isolated from the fresh sweet pepper fruits of
Capsicum annuum L., a plant usedas a vegetable food, spice, and external medicine. The chemical structures of new natural compounds,as well as their absolute configurations, were established by means of spectroscopic data includinginfrared, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and one- and two-dimensional nuclear magneticresonance and by chemical
derivatization. The known capsidiol (
11) showed bacteriostatic propertiesin vitro against
Helicobacter pylori with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 200
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g/mL whencompared with the commercial drug metronidazole (MIC, 250
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g/mL). Some purified componentswere also tested for their antioxidant activities.