Studies on chemical constituents of Prunella vulgaris / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Prunella vulgaris.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>To separate the constituents of P. vulgaris by using various kinds of chromatography and identify their structures on the basis of spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Seven compounds were isolated from the spikes of P. vulgaris. Their structures were established as autantiamide acetate (1), rhein (2), tanshinone I (3), danshensu (4), stigmast-7, 22-dien-3-one (5), 3, 4, alpha-trihydroxy-methyl phenylpropionate (6), butyl rosmarinate (7).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1-4 were isolated from this genus for the first time.</p>