Chemical constituents from Guanxinning Injection / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the chemical constituents from Guanxinning Injection. Methods: The chemical constituents were repeatedly isolated by column chromatographic techniques including silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20, and macroporous resin, and were purified by preparation HPLC chromatography and recrystallization, and their structures were identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic data. Results: Nineteen compounds were isolated and identified as protocatechuic aldehyde (1), vanillin (2), ferulic acid (3), 2-furoic acid (4), senkyunolide I (5), caffeic acid (6), salvianolic acid A (7), isosalvianolic acid A (8), salvianolic acid B (9), isosalvianolic acid C (10), rosmarinic acid (11), 1, 3-dicaffeoylquinic acid (12), senkyunolide H (13), 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (14), m-hydroxybenzoic acid (15), o-hydroxybenzoic acid (16), 4-hydroxycinnamic acid (17), methyl rosmarinate (18), and salvianolic acid N methyl ester (19). Conclusion: Nineteen compounds are isolated from the Guanxinning Injection for the first time, and all HPLC analyses and literature data show that compounds 2, 3, 5, 13-16 are originated from Ligusticum chuanxiong, compounds 7-11, and 18-19 from Salvia miltiorrhiza, and compounds 1, 4, 6, 12, and 17 from L. chuanxiong and S. miltiorrhiza.