Studies on chemical constituents from root of Clematis hexapetala / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents from the roots and rhizomes of Clematis hexapetala.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were separated by means of solvent extraction, repeated chromatography with silica gel and HPLC. The structures were determined by spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Nine compounds were isolated as friedelin (1) , anemonin (2) , beta-sitosterol (3) , palmitic acid (4) , vanillic acid (5) , isolariciresinol (6) , 5-hydroxumethyl-5H-furan-2-one (7) , n-nonane (8) , daucosterol (9).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All the compounds were isolated from the plant for the first time.</p>