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[Studies on the constituents in rhizome of Homalomena occuta]
Yong-mei Hu1, Zhong-lin Yang, Wen-cai Ye
1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210038, Jiangsu, Chian.
Objective:
Bio-active constituents were expected to abstain from Homalomena occuta.
Methods:
Extracts from the plant with 95% alcohol were distributed by several solvents and isolated via column chromatography on silica and Saphadex 20-LH gel.
Results:
Thirteen compounds were isolated from this plant. Among them seven natural products were identified via spectral methods as beta-stigmastol(H1) beta-D-Glucopyranoside(3)- stigmast-5-en-3-yl(H2); oplodiol(1); oplopanone(2); homalomenol(3); bullatantriol(4); 1 beta, 4 beta, 7 alpha-trihydroxyeudesmane(5).
Conclusion:
All these compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time.
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