Chemical constituents from herb of Alternanthera philoxeroides.
- Author:
Jin-bo FANG
1
;
Hong-quan DUAN
;
Yan-wen ZHANG
;
Takaishi YOSHIHISA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Amaranthaceae; chemistry; Chlorophyll; chemistry; isolation & purification; Phytol; chemistry; isolation & purification; Phytosterols; chemistry; isolation & purification; Plant Leaves; chemistry; Plant Stems; chemistry; Plants, Medicinal; chemistry
- From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2006;31(13):1072-1075
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the active constituents from Alternanthera philoxeroides.
METHODThe constituents were isolated with silica gel and Toyopearl HW-40C gel column chromatography and purified by HPLC. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopy.
RESULTNine compounds were isolated and identified as phaeophytin a (1), pheophytin a' (2), oleanoic acid (3), beta-sitosterol (4), 3beta-hydroxystigmast-5-en-7-one (5), alpha-spinasterol (6), 24-methylenecycloartanol (7), cycloeucalenol (8), phytol (9).
CONCLUSIONCompounds 1,2,5,7-9 were isolated from this plant for the first time.
