Studies on chemical constituents of Helwingia chinensis / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents of Helwingia Chinensis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Compounds were isolated with silica gel, Sephadex LH - 20 and polyamide chromatography, and their structures were elucidated by means of spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Six compounds were isolated and identified as cinnamic acid (1), gult-5-en-3beta-ol (2), friedelin (3), alpha-amyrin (4), luteolin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (5) and 4, 5-dimethoxy-1, 2-benzoquinone (6).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All these Compounds were obtained from H. chinensis for the first time.</p>