Studies on water-soluble constituents in rhizome of Polygonum cuspidatum / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Object To study the chemical structures and bioactivity of the water-soluble constituents from Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. Methods To isolate the constituents by reverse phase methods, and characterize their structures by the analysis of chemical property and spectral data. Results Six compounds were isolated from the 60% aqueous acetone extract from the rhizome of P. cuspidatum. Their structures were elucidated as reveratrol (Ⅰ); piceid (Ⅱ); 2, 3-dihydro-2-(4′-O-?-D-glucopyranosyl-3′-methoxy-phenyl)-3-hydroxymethyl-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxybenzofuran (Ⅲ); 2, 6-dimethoxy-p-hydroquinone-1-O-?-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅳ); 5, 7-dihydroxy-isobenzofuran (Ⅴ) and 5, 7-dihydroxy-isobenzofuran-7-O-?-D-glucopyranoside(Ⅵ), respectively. Conclusion Compounds Ⅲ-Ⅵ are isolated from the plant for the first time. Compounds Ⅰ-Ⅵ show no DNA cleavage activity. Compound Ⅱ exhibits weak cytotoxicity against two human cancer cell lines (KB and MCF-7) in vitro.