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[Chemical study on petroleum ether portion of Sarcandra hainanensis]
Congmei Cao1, Lijia Xu, Kui Chen
1Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100094, China.
Objective:
To study the chemical constituents in the whole plants of Sarcandra hainanensis.
Method:
The chemical constituents were isolated by various column chromatographic methods. The structures were identified by spectral data.
Result:
Nine compounds, palmitic acid (1), icosanoic acid (2), beta-sitosterol (3), octadecanoic (4), acidchrysophanol (5), emodin (6), 2', 3'-dihydroxy-4', 6'-dimethoxychalcone (7), 2'-hydroxy4', 6'-dimethoxychalcone (8), cardamonin (9) were isolated and identified.
Conclusion:
Compounds 1-9 were obtained from this plant for the first time. Compounds 2, 5-9 were isolated from family Chloranthaceae for the first time.
