ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents of Hypericum petiolulatum.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel, macroporous adsorbent resin, Sephadex LH-20, and preparative HPLC. Structures of the compounds were identified by NMR and MS spectroscopic methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Nine lignans were obtained and their structures were elucidated as (-)-(2R, 3R)-1-O-feruloyl-8,8'-bisdihydrosiringenin (1), (-) -secoisolariciresinol 4-O-beta-D-glucopyrano-side (2), isolariciresinol-beta-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), 5-methoxy-9beta-xylopyra-nosyl-(+) -isolariciresinol (4), (+) -lyoniresinol 2alpha-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (5), 5-methoxy-9-beta-xylopyranosyl-(-) -isolariciresinol (6), isolariciresinol 6a-O-beta-D-gluco-side (7), (+)-lyoniresinol 3alpha-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside (8) and 7-methoxy-5-benzofuranpropanol 4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (9).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Coupound 1 was new and compounds 2-9 were obtained from the genus Hypericum for the first time.</p>