Studies on chemical constituents of roots of Linum usitatissimum.

Author: Jianlong SUN ¹ ; Anjun DENG ; Zhihong LI ; Hailin QIN
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1. Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Ministry of Education), Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Flax; chemistry; Organic Chemicals; analysis; isolation & purification; Plant Roots; chemistry
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2009;34(6):718-720
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the chemical constituents from the roots of Linum usitatissimum.
METHODThe compounds were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, their structures were elucidated by physico-chemical properties and spectroscopic data.
RESULTTen compounds were isolated and identified as vanillic acid (1), syringic acid (2), xanthine (3), vitexin (4), isovanillin (5), (E)-3,3'-dimethoxy-4,4'-dihydroxystilbene (6), tachioside (7), beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol (8 and 9) mixture, berberine (10).
CONCLUSIONCompounds 1-3, 5-7, 10 were isolated from L. usitatissimum for the first time.