Chemical constituents of Acacia catechu / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Chinese medicine Acacia catechu.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Isolation and purification were carried out on normal phase silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, ODS column chromatography etc. Constituents were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Twelve compounds were identified as 4-hydroxybenzoic acid( 1), kaempferol (2), quercetin (3), 3,4',7-trihydroxyl-3', 5-dimethoxyflavone (4), catechin (5), epicatechin (6), afzelechin (7), epiafzelechin (8), mesquitol(9), ophioglonin (10), aromadendrin (11), and phenol (12).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 7, 12 were isolated from A. catechu for the first time, and compounds 4, 9-11 were isolated from the genus Acacia for the first time.</p>