The isolation and identification of a new alpha-pyrone from Opuntia dillenii / 药学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>AIM</b>To study the chemical composition of Opuntia dillenii Haw.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Many kinds of chromatography methods were used to separate the chemical constituents. Their structures were determined by NMR and MS spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A new compound, together with five known compounds, were isolated from the 80% ethanolic extract of the stems.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The new compound was identified as 4-ethoxyl-6-hydroxymethyl-alpha-pyrone. Compounds 1, 3, 4 and 5 were obtained for the first time from the genus of Opuntia, and they were 3-O-methyl isorhamnein, 1-heptanecanol, vanillic acid, isorhamnetin-3-O-beta-D-rutinoside. Ruin was isolated from this plant for the first time.</p>