Studies on chemical constituents of Cercis chinensis / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents from the aerial part of Cercis chinensis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The constituents of C. chinensis were separated with various chromatographic techniques and their structures were elucidated by means of spectral analysis and physico-chemical properties.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Nine compounds were isolated from C. chinensis. They were identified as 3-O-methylquercetin (1), quercetin (2), (2R,3R)-3, 5, 7, 3', 5'-pentahydroxyflavan (3), 3', 5, 5', 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (4), [+]-taxifolin (5), (2R)-naringenin (6), friedelin (7), beta-sitosterol (8), daucosterin (9).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>compounds 1 and 3-7 were isolated from the genus Cercis for the first time.</p>