Studies on chemical constituents in seeds of Cicer arietinum / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents in seeds of Cicer arietinum, so that to find bioactive natural products.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Dried and sprouted seeds of C. arietinum were extracted with ethanol of various concentrations respectively, then isolated and purified by silica gel, macroreticular resin D 101, Sephadex LH -20 gel column chromatography, and structures of compounds were identified by spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Nine compounds have been isolated and identified 3-hydroxy-olean-12-ene (1), biochanin A-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (2), cerebroside (3), 1-ethyl-alpha-L-galactoside (4), uridine (5), adenosine (6), trytophan (7), biochanin A (8), fomononetin (9).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 were isolated from genus Cicer for the first time.</p>