Studies on chemical constituents of the rhizomae of Ligusticum chuanxiong / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Ligusticum chuanxiong.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography with silica gel and ODS, and identified by NMR, MS spectral data.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Eight compounds were isolated and identified as Ligustilide(I), 4,5-dihydro-3-butylphthalide(II), Z, Z'-6,6',7,3 alpha-diligustili-de(III), Z-6,8',7,3'-diligustilide(IV), Z'-3,8-dihydro-6,6'7,3' alpha-diligustilide(V), 4-hydroxy-3-butylphthalide(VI), ferulic acid(VII) and Xiongterpene(VIII).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compound VIII is a new compound.</p>