Study on chemical constituents from Opuntia dillenii / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical composition of Opuntia dillenii.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Many kinds of chromatography methods were used in the isolation procedure, while the structures of isolated compounds were determined on the aids of NMR and MS spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>A new compound, together with five known compounds, was isolated form the 80% ethanolic extract of its stems.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The new compound was characterized as opuntioside. Four compounds were obtained for the first from the genus Opuntia, and they were daucosterol, p-hydroxybenzoicacid, L-(-)-malic acid, (E)-ferulic acid. Opuntiol was also separated for the first from the plant.</p>