Chemical constituents from Metaplexis japonica / 中成药

AIM To study the chemical constituents from Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino.METHODS The dichloromethane fraction of 95％ ethanol extract from M.japonica was isolated and purified by silica and preparative HPLC column,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Nine compounds were isolated and identified as dibutyl phthalate (1),(Z)-2-ethylidene-3-methylsuccinic acid (2),dehydrololiolide (3),medioresinol (4),isovanillin (5),vomifoliol (6),β-sitosterol (7),daucosterol (8),pregnenolone (9).CONCLUSION Compounds2-4 are isolated from genus Metaplexis for the first time,compounds 5-8 are first isolated from this plant.