ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical components from dried roots of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllum var. spinifoliun.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The chemical components were isolated by low pressure column chromatography and their structures were identified by spectroscopic methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Five compounds were isolated and identified as 6-(2', 3'-dihydroxy-3'-methyl-butyl)-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (I), 6-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3'-methyl-butyl)-7-methoxy-8-(3'-methyl-but-2'-enyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (II),6-(2',3'-dihydroxy-3'-methyl-butyl)-7-hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (III), 6-(2', 3'-oxiranyl-3'-methyl-butyl)-7-methoxy-8- (3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (IV), 7-methoxy-8-(3'-methyl-but-2'-enyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (V).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>These compounds were isolated from the plant for the first time.</p>
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Coumarins , Chemistry , Plant Roots , Chemistry , Plants, Medicinal , Chemistry , Zanthoxylum , ChemistryABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of the dried roots of Zanthoxylum dimorphophyllumr. spinifolium and to find out the active constituents of the plant.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Modern chromatography was used to purify chemical constituents, and their structures were identified by various spectral methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Four compounds were isolated and identified as isopimpinellin (I), xanthoxyletin (II), 6-(2', 3'-dihydroxy-3'-methyl-butyl)-7-hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (III), 6-(2'-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy, 3'-dihydroxy-3'-methybutyl)-7-hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (IV).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All of the above compounds were isolated from the above mentioned plant for the first time.</p>