Chemical constituents of the whole herb of Rhodiola kirilowii(Regl) Maxim.were investigated.The separation of the constituents was achieved by using a combination of various chromatographic techniques including column chromatography over silica gel,ODS,Sephadex LH-20 and reversed-phase HPLC.Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques including 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy.Eleven compounds were obtained and identified as 4-hydroxyphenylethyl-(4'- methoxyphenylethyl)ether(1),1-(2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoate)-β-D-glucopyranose(2),4-ethoxy-phenylethanol acetate(3),p-hydroxyacetophenone (4),p-hydroxy-benzoic acid ethylester(5),4-hydroxybenzoic acid(6),4-hydroxybenzaldehyde(7),R(-)-mellein (8),stigmasterol(9),4-methoxy-phenylethanol(10),and methylgallate(11).Among them,1 and 2 are new compounds; compounds 3,5,7,8,and 10 were isolated from Rhodiola genus for the first time;and compounds 4,6,9,and 11 were isolated from Rhodiola kirilowii(Regl) Maxim.for the first time.
Chemical constituents of the whole herb ofRhodiola kirilowii （Regl） Maxim. were investigated. The separation of the constituents was achieved by using a combination of various chromatographic techniques including column chromatography over silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20 and reversed-phase HPLC. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques including ID and 2D NMR spectroscopy. Eleven compounds were obtained and identified as 4-hydroxyphenylethyl-（4＇- methoxyphenylethyl）ether （1）, 1-（2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoate）-β-D-glucopyranose （2）, 4-ethoxy-phenylethanol acetate （3）, p- hydroxyacetophenone （4）, p-hydroxy-benzoic acid ethylester （5）, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid （6）, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde （7）, R（-）- mellein （8）, stigrnasterol （9）, 4-methoxy-phenylethanol （10）, and methylgallate （11）. Among them, 1 and 2 are new compounds; compounds 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10 were isolated from Rhodiola genus for the first time; and compounds 4, 6, 9, and 11 were isolated from Rhodiola kirilowii （Reg 1） Maxim. for the first time.
The aim of current study was to investigate the chemical components of the aerial part of Reineckia carnea,collected in Yunnan Province of China.Repeated column chromatography（CC）separations were performed to isolate and purify components. Compounds were identified by the analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR data as well as IR and MS spectra.A new pregnane-type glycoside,named 1α,3β-diol-5β-pregn-16-ene-20-one-1-O-α-L-arabinosyl-（1→2）-α-L-rhamnoside（1）,together withβ-amyrin（2）, stigmasterol（3）,α-spinasterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside（4）,naringenin（5）,β-sitosterol（6）and daucosterol（7）,were isolated from ethyl acetate（EtOAc）and normal butanol（n-BuOH）extracts.Compounds 2,4,5 were isolated from this plant for the first time.
Phytochemical investigations of Pseudolarix kaempferi Gord led to the isolation of 26 known compounds. They were identified as follows： pseudolaric acid D （1）, pseudolaric acid A （2）, pseudolaric acid B （3）, pseudolaric acid C （4）, oleana- 11,13（18） - dien-3β-O-acetyl （5）, oleana- 9（11）,12 -dien-3β-O-acetyl （6）, oleana- 11,13（18）-dien-3β-hydroxyl （7）, oleana- 9（11）,12 -dien-3β-hydroxyl （8）, celangulatin C （9）, celangulatin E （10）, 17β-tenacigenin B （11）, 11α-O-2-methyl butyryl-12β-O-acetyl tenacigenin B （12）, 11α-O-2-methyl butyryl-12β-O-tigloyl tenacigenin B （13）, β-sitosterol acetate （14）, umbelliferone （15）, 5,7-dihydroxyl coumarin （16）, xanthotoxin （17）, isopimpinellin （18）, formononetin （19）, calycosin （20）, cnidimol B （21）, thymine （22）, 3-furoic acid （23）, 2-furoic acid （24）, vanillic acid （25）, protocatechuic acid （26）. Compounds 5–24 were isolated from P. kaempferi for the first time. And the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra of compound 1 were completely assigned for the first time.
From the aerial parts ofNauclea officinalis （Pierre ex Pitard） Merr. et Churl, one new indole alkaloid paratunamide E （1） has been isolated together with six known indole alkaloids, paratunamide A （2）, nauclealotide C （3）, nauclealotide A （4）, vincosamide （5）, strictosamide （6） and naucleamide F （7）. Naucleamide F （7） was isolated from Nauclea officinalis for the first time. All of the seven compounds above were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including 1 D and 2 D NMR soectroscoDic analyses.
The aim of current study was to investigate the chemical constituents of the needles of Taxus media. The isolation and purification of components were achieved by a series of chromatography including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, MCI and reversed- phase HPLC. Their structures were indentified based on 1D, 2D NMR, and mass spectral analysis. Seven taxane diterpenoids were isolated and identified as ll3,2tt,9ct,1013-tetrahydroxy-5ct-cinnamoyloxy-3,11-cyclotaxa-4（20）-en-13-one （1）, 2it, 7[3, 9ct, 1013, 13tt-pentaacetoxytaxa-4（20）, 11-dien-Sct-ol （2）, 2-deacetoxy-5-decinnamoyltaxinine J （3）, taxuspine F （4）, taxuspinanane K （5）, taxchin A （6）, and baccatin IV （7）. Among them, 1 is a new compound and compounds 2, 5, 6 and 7 are isolated from Taxus media for the first time.
One new ent-pimarane diterpenoid ent-16-nor-3-oxo-pimar-8（14）-en-15-al （1） together with four known diterpenoids kirenol （2）, ent-2-oxo-15,16,19-trihydroxypimar-8（14）-ene （3）, darutigenol （4） and darutoside （5） were isolated from the ethanol extract of Siegesbeckia pubescens. The planar structures and relative configurations of these compounds were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic analysis.
In the present study,we aimed to investigate the chemical constituents and analgesic activity of Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb. The isolation and purification of components were achieved by a series of chromatography, including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and HPLC. By using spectroscopic analysis, their structures were identified. Using PDE-4A as analgesic target, moleculardocking was conducted between isolated compounds by using Schrodinger software. Neoline is a typical non-ester diterpene alkaloid. It was studied by using the mouse torsion body method and hot plate method. A total of 12 diterpene alkaloids were obtainedand identified as Mesaconitine(1), Bewutine (2), Bewudine (3), Songoramine (4), Songorine (5), Neoline (6), Talasamine (7), isotalatizidine (8), Hokbusine A (9), Mesaconine (10), 8-OEt-14-benzoylmesaconine (11), 8-Methoxy-14-benzoyl-beiwutinine (12).Compounds 9 and 12 were isolated from Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb. for the first time. Twelve diterpenealkaloids could act on the analgesic target. Neoline is a typical non-ester diterpene alkaloid. It had significant analgesic effect. Diterpene alkaloids were the main components of Aconitum kusnezoffiiReichb., and they had good analgesic activity.
Qian LiShuding SunMeiying WangCaifeng LiDan YuanHongzheng Fu
