Studies on the chemical constitutents in herb of Verbena officinalis / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To isolate and identify the chemical constituents from Verbena officinalis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were isolated by means of chromatography and the structures were determined on the basis of physical and spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Four compounds were isolated and identified as apigenin (I), 4'-hydroxywogonin (II), verbenalin (III) and hastatoside (IV).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds I and II were obtained from the genus for the first time.</p>