Chemical constituents of Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid. Methods: Silica gel column chromatography, preparative thin-layer chromatography, and recrystallization were used to isolate the chemical constituents from chloroform extract. And the structures of compounds were identified by spectral analysis and physicochemical properties. Results: Fifteen compounds were obtained and identified as liquiritin (1), liquiritigenin (2), isoliquiritigenin (3), formononetin (4), oxypeucedanin hydrate (5), byakangelicin (6), hesperidin (7), 5, 7, 8, 3′, 4′- pentamethoxyflavone (8), 5, 6, 7, 3′, 4′-pentamethoxyflavone (9), 5, 7, 8, 4′-tetramethoxyflavone (10), nobiletin (11), 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3′, 4′-heptamethoxyflavone (12), tangeretin (13), honokiol (14), and magnolol (15). Conclusion: All the compounds are isolated from Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid for the first time. Compounds 1-4 may come from Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma; compounds 5 and 6 from Angelicae Dahuricae Radix; compounds 7-13 from Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium; and compounds 14 and 15 from Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex.