Hyptis species

Structurally related compounds hypurticin (60) and synparvolide B (61) have been isolated from yet another Hyptis species, H. urticoides, and Syncolostemon parviflorus, respectively (82, 83). The structures of (60) and (61) were determined spectroscopically with the stereochemistry of (61) being derived from its biosynthetic relationship to synparvolide A (70). 

The mint family (Labiatae or Lamiaceae) is a large group of dicotyledonous plants occurring worldwide in all types of climates except in extreme arctic and antarctic conditions. There are about 3,000 species in the mint family and 200 genera. The most diverse groups are the genus Salvia with 500 species, Hyptis with 350 species, and Scutellaria, Coleus, Plectranthus, and Stachys, each with 200 species. 

Synthesis of Hyptolide Hyptolide 4 is a naturally occurring, a,(3-unsaturated, six-membered ring 8-lactone substituted with a poly-oxygenated chain isolated from the species of Hyptis, Syncolostemon, and related genera of the family Lamiaceae, and it shows interesting pharmacological properties. In particular, such a plant is used in traditional Mexican medicine for the treatment of... 

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