Studies on chemical constituents in buds of Artemisia scoparia / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents in flower buds of Artemisia scoparia.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The constituents were separated and purified by means of various chromatographic techniques, and their structures were determined on the basis of physical and chemical properties and spectral data.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Four flavones were isolated and their structures were identified as cirsilineol (I), cirsimaritin(II), arcapillin(III) and cirsiliol(IV) respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds I, III and IV were isolated from this plant for the first time.</p>