Chemical constituents of mangrove plant Excoecaria agallocha in Hainan Province / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the chemical constituents from mangrove Excoecaria agallocha.Methods The chemical constituents were separated and purified by chromatographic methods after solventextraction and were identified by spectroscopic analyses(EI-MS,1D NMR).Results Twelve compoundswere isolated from this plant and identified as:14-taraxeren-3-one(Ⅰ),dibutyl phthalate(Ⅱ),?-amyrin(Ⅲ),18-oleanen-3-ol(Ⅳ),18-oleanen-3-one(Ⅴ),phaeophytin A(Ⅵ),betulin(Ⅶ),?-rosasterol(Ⅷ),?-sitosterol(Ⅸ),betulinic aicd(Ⅹ),oleanolic acid(Ⅺ),ursolic acid(Ⅻ).Conclusion CompoundsⅦ,Ⅷ,Ⅹ,andⅫare isolated from this plant for the first time.