Chemical constituents of Discocleidion rufescens / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study chemical constituents of leaves from Discocleidion rufescens.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Column chromatography and spectroscapic methods were used to isolate and identify the constituents.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Fifteen compounds were isolated and identified as chrysophanol (1), physcione (2), taraxerol (3), beta-sitosterol (4), daucosterol (5), scopoletin (6), apigenin (7), acacetin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (8), apigenin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (9 ), luteolin (10), diosmetin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (11), luteolin-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (12), gallic acid (13), amentoflavone (14) and myo-inositol (15).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1, 2, 8, 11, 13 and 15 were isolated from the genus Discocleidion for the first time.</p>