Chemical Constituents of Traditional Chinese Drug Shunk Bugbane( Cimicifuga foetida ) / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Ten constituents have been isolated from the rhizomes of Cimicifuga foetida L.. Based on spectral evidence and by direct comparison with authentic samples, they were identified as isoferulic acid(Ⅰ ), 3-acetylcaffeic acid(Ⅱ ), caffeic ester glucoside(Ⅲ), cimifugin(Ⅳ),cimifugin glucoside(Ⅴ ), 6 -isoinosine (Ⅵ), cimidahurine(Ⅶ ), cimidahurinine(Ⅷ), D-glucose (Ⅸ) and sucrose (Ⅹ ).