ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the chemical constituents of Taxodium ascendens collected in Yunnan Province of China.Methods Column chromatography techniques were used for separation and purification of the compounds and extensive spectral analyses including 2D NMR spectrum were employed for structural elucidation.Results Fourteen compounds were isolated from the branches and leaves of T.ascendens.Structures of six compounds were identified by 13C-NMR,1H-NMR,and MS as following: tetrahydro-2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2H-pyran-3,5-diol(Ⅰ),3,5-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-pentene-1,2-diol(Ⅱ),3,5,7,3′,5′-pentahydroxyflavan(Ⅲ),4-(2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran-2-yl)-2-methoxyphenol(Ⅳ),2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenoxy)-tetrahydro-6-(hydroxymethyl)2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol(Ⅴ),2,5-dihydro-3,5-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2furanmethanol(Ⅵ).Conclusion Compound Ⅰ is a new compound named as ascenden pyrandiol and other compounds are isolated from T.ascendens for the first time.