Chemical constituents from Chloranthus japonicus / 中成药

AIM To study the chemical constituents from Chloranthus japonicus Sieb..METHODS The ethyl acetate fraction of 95％ ethanol extract from C.japonicus was isolated and purified by silica,Sephadex LH-20,ODS and PHPLC column,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.RESULTS Ten compounds were isolated and identified as p-hydroxyphenethyl (1),diisooctanephthalate (2),diisobutylphthalat (3),umbelliferone (4),ursolic acid (5),7α-hydroxysitosterol (6),chloranthalactone E (7),chloranthalactone B (8),apigenin (9),3-Sitosterol (10).CONCLUSION Compounds 1-3,6 are isolated from genus Chloranthus for the first time,compounds 4,5,9 are first isolated from this plant.