Studies on chemical constituents in roots of Rumex dentatus / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the active constituents from Rumex dentatus.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Compounds were isolated by silica gel, Sephadex LH -20 and ODS column chromatography and identified by chemical and spectroscopic methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Ten compounds were obtained and identified as helonioside A (1), gallic acid (2), isovanillic acid (3), p-hydroxycinnamic acid (4), succinic acid (5), n-butyl-beta-D-fructopyranoside (6), quercetin (7), hexadecanoic acid 2, 3-dihydroxy propyl ester (8), beta-sitosterol (9) and daucosterol (10).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1, 3-6 and 8 were isolated from the genus of Rumex for the first time.</p>