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Objective To study the chemical from the roots of Rosa multiflora var. cathayensis. Methods The silica gel column chromatography was used to separate the chemical constituents from the roots of Rosa multiflora var. cathayensis. HPLC was used to analyze its purity, chemical and spectroscopy methods were used to determine their structures. Results Nine constituents were isolated and identified as multifloside A (1), arjunic acid (2), 1β-hydroxyeuscaphic acid (3), arjunetin (4), kaji-ichigoside F1 (5), euscaphic acid (6), tormentic acid (7), myrianthic acid (8), and rosamultin (9). Conclusion Compound 1 is a new compound named multifloside A; All compounds are obtained from the genus Rosa for the first time.
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The optimization and microwave assisted extraction of stem bark of Terminalia arjuna, quantitative estimation of the marker compounds arjunic acid and arjunolic acid using HPTLC and the evaluation of free radical scavenging activity has been performed in this study. The central composite design was used for optimization and the values of parameters for optimized batch of microwave assisted extraction were 1000W (Power), 3 minutes (Time) and 1/120 (Solid/solvent ratio). The solvent system to carry out the HPTLC was toluene: acetic acid: ethyl acetate (5: 5: 0.5) and quantitative estimation was done using standard equations obtained from the marker compounds. The in-vitro free radical scavenging activity was performed spectrophotometrically using ascorbic acid as standard. The value of estimated percentage yield of arjunic acid and arjunolic acid was 1.42% and 1.52% which upon experimentation was obtained as 1.38% and 1.51% respectively. The DPPH assay of the different batches of microwave assisted extraction and marker compounds taken suggested that the marker compounds arjunic acid and the arjunolic acid were responsible for the free radical scavenging activity as the batch having the maximum percentage yield of the marker compounds showed best free radical scavenging effect as compared to standard ascorbic acid. The IC₅₀ value of the optimized batch was found to be 24.72 while that of the standard ascorbic acid was 29.83. Hence, the yield of arjunic acid and arjunolic acid has direct correlation with the free radical scavenging activity of stem bark extract of Terminalia arjuna and have potential to serve as active lead compounds for free radical scavenging activity.