Non-alkaloid constituents of Gelsemium elegans.

Author: Binfeng ZHANG ¹ ; Guixin CHOU ; Zhengtao WANG
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1. Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines (Ministry of Education), Institute of Chinese Materia Medica of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Alkaloids; chemistry; isolation & purification; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; chemistry; isolation & purification; Gelsemium; chemistry; Mass Spectrometry
From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2009;34(18):2334-2337
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the non-alkaloid chemical constituents of Gelsemium elegans.
METHODCompounds were isolated and purified by repeated column chromatography, and their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.
RESULTTen compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as tamarixin (1), tamarixetin 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside (2), scopolin (3), scopoletin (4), uradine (5), caffeic acid (6), caffeic acid ethyl ester (7), ferulic acid ethyl ester (8), ethyl-alpha-D-fructofuranoside (9), and ethyl-beta-D-fructopyranoside (10).
CONCLUSIONCompounds 1-3,5-10 are firstly isolated from this plant and compounds 1, 2, and 5-10 are isolated from the genus Gelsemium for the first time.