A study on chemical constituents in the herb of Mentha spicata / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the constituents of anti-inflammatory and hemostatic active sites of Mentha spicata.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Chemical constituents were separated by solvent method and chromatography and identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The structures were identified as ursane I, 3-methoxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde II, veratric acid III, 5-hydroxy-3',4',6,7-tetramethoxyflavone IV, diosmetin(V), thymonin VI, daucosterol VII.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Among them, compounds I, II, III were first obtained from M. genus, IV, VI were separated from M. spicta for the first time.</p>