OBJECTIVETo study the chemical constituents in the whole plants of Sarcandra hainanensis.

METHODThe chemical constituents were isolated by various column chromatographic methods. The structures were identified by spectral data.

RESULTNine compounds, palmitic acid (1), icosanoic acid (2), beta-sitosterol (3), octadecanoic (4), acidchrysophanol (5), emodin (6), 2', 3'-dihydroxy-4', 6'-dimethoxychalcone (7), 2'-hydroxy4', 6'-dimethoxychalcone (8), cardamonin (9) were isolated and identified.

CONCLUSIONCompounds 1-9 were obtained from this plant for the first time. Compounds 2, 5-9 were isolated from family Chloranthaceae for the first time.

Alkanes ; chemistry ; Chalcones ; chemistry ; Eicosanoids ; chemistry ; Emodin ; chemistry ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Magnoliopsida ; chemistry ; Palmitic Acid ; chemistry ; Sitosterols ; chemistry ; Stearic Acids ; chemistry