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[Chemical constituents of fresh celery]
Kailan Zhou1, Bing Wu, Yulei Zhuang
1Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Objective:
To study the chemical constituents of the whole plant of fresh celery (Apium graveolens).
Method:
The constituents were isolated and purified by silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, ODS column chromatography, PTLC, HPLC, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral evidences.
Result:
Twenty compounds were obtained and identified as falcariondiol (1), (9Z) 1,9-heptadecadiene-4,6-diyne-3,8,11-triol (2), oplopandiol (3), bergapten (4), 5,8-dimethoxy psoralen (5), isofraxidin (6), eugenic acid (7), trans-ferulic acid (8), trans-cinnamic acid (9), p-hydroxyphenylethanol ferulate (10), caffeoylquinic acid (11), 5-p-trans-coumaroylquinic acid (12), sedanolide (13), lunularin (14), lunularic acid (15), 2-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenol)-propane-1,3-diol (16), D-allitol (17), beta-sitosterol (18), benzolic acid (19), succinic acid (20).
Conclusion:
Compounds 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 14-17 were isolated from genus Apium for the first time.
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