Chemical constituents from a Tibetan medicine Arenaria kansuensis I / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Arenaria kansuensis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Column chromatographic techniques were applied to isolated constituents. A combination of physico-chemical properties and spectroscopic analysis were used to identify structures of constituents.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Five compounds were obtained and elucidated as tricin (1), tricin-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), tricin 4'-O-beta-guaiacylglyceryl ether (3), isoscoparin (4) and isovitexin (5).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compound 2, 3 and 5 were isolated from A. kansuensis for the first time, compound 3 was obtained from the family Caryophyllaceae for the first time.</p>