Studies on chemical constituents of Dioscorea opposita / 中国中药杂志
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
; (24): 1272-1274, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Dioscorea opposita.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, and the structures were elucidated by their spectroscopic data and physico-chemical properties.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Twelve compounds were obtained and identified as palmitic acid (1), beta-sitosterol (2), oleic acid (3), beta-sitosterol acetate (4), 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5), nonanedioic acid (6), beta-daucosterol (7), cyclo-(Phe-Tyr) (8), cyclo-(Tyr-Tyr) (9), 6-methyl citrate (10), 1, 5-dimethyl citrate (11), trimethyl citrate (12).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 3-12 were isolated from this plant for the first time and cyclodipeptides were firstly isolated from the Dioscoreae family; Compound 9 was a new natural product.</p>
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Main subject:
Mass Spectrometry
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Chemistry
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Chromatography, Gel
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Dioscorea
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
Year:
2008
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Article