Studies on chemical constituents of Balanophora spicata / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents of Balanophora spicata.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Various chromatographic and spectral techniques were used to isolate the constituents and elucidate their structures.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Eight compounds were isolated from whole plant of B. spicata and elucidated as balanophorin A (1), balanophorin B (2), beta-amyrin acetate (3), monogynol A (4), lupeone (5), caffeic acid ethyl ester (6), catechin (7), 1-O-(E)-caffeoyl-3-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucopyranose (8), respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds of 1-8 were obtained from B. spicata for the first time and the compound 4 was isolated from this genus for the first time.</p>