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Published on: June 30, 2020
[Lactone constituents of Saussurea involucrata]
Yi Shen1, Jianhua Zou, Yingli Ma
1Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products, Ministry of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
Objective:
To study the chemical constituents of Saussurea involucrata.
Method:
Compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods.
Result:
Eight compounds were yielded and identified as beta-sitosterol (1), dotriacontanoic acid (2), hexacosan-4-olide (3), (+)-11alpha, 13-dihydrodehydrocostuslactone (4), 8alpha-acetoxydehydrocostus lactone (5), zaluzanin C (6), 11,13beta-dihydrozaluzanin C (7), 8alpha-hydroxy-11beta-11,13-dihydrodehydrocostuslactone (8).
Conclusion:
Compounds 2-7 were first isolated from S. involucrate.
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