Studies on chemical constituents in herb of Centella asiatica / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents from Centella asiatica.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Chemical constituents were isolated by repeated column chromatography (Toyopearl HW-40C and HPLC) and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic method.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Five compounds were identified as docosyl ferulates (1), bayogenin (2), 3beta-6beta-23-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oic acid (3), 3beta-6beta-23-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid (4), D-gulonic acid (5).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All of the Compounds were isolated for the first time from C. asiatica.</p>