Polyoxygenated germacranes from Daucus carota and their antimalarial transmission blocking activity

Chemical analysis of the aerial parts obtained from a Tunisian specimen of Daucus carota yielded to the isolation of six undescribed polyoxygenated germacranes and one elemanolide, along with one known metabolite. The stereostructures of the undescribed compounds were determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis including 1D and 2D NMR and HR-ESI-MS analysis. Due to their structural similarity with the Plasmodium transmission-blocking agent...