Chemical constituents of the non-alkaloid fraction of Uncaria macrophylla / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the chemical constituents of the non-alkaloid fraction of Uncaria macrophylla.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The constituents were separated and purified by silica gel chromatography and recrystalization, and their structures were identified by infrared, mass and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Six compounds were isolated from the non-alkaloid fraction of Uncaria macrophylla, whose structures were identified as beta-sitosterol, beta-daucosterol, ursolic acid, alpha-amyrin acetate, 3beta, 6beta, 23-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid, 3beta-hydroxyurs-12-en-27, and 3beta-hydroxyurs-12-en-27, 28-dioic acid, respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Ursolic acid is the main component in the non-alkaloid fraction of Uncaria macrophylla. Alpha-amyrin acetate and 3beta-hydroxyurs-12-en-27, 28-dioic acid are isolated and characterized for the first time from this plant.</p>