Plant Diversity ›› 2005, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (06): 691-694.

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Chemical Constituents of Tibetan Herbal Medicine Saxifraga melanocentra

ZUO Guo-Ying1 , 2 , ZHANG Zhi-Jun1 , CHEN Li-Rong1 , XU Xiao-Jie1   

  1. 1 College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China; 2 Kunming Genernal Hospital , Kunming 650032 , China
  • Received:2005-04-07 Online:2005-10-25 Published:2005-10-25
  • Contact: XU Xiao-Jie

Abstract: From the aerial parts of Saxifraga melanocentra, ten compounds were isolated and identified with spectral analysis and compared with authentic samples as kaermpferol ( 1 ) , quercetin ( 2 ) , kaempferol-3- O-β-D-glucoside ( 3 ) , quercetin-3- O-β-D-glucoside ( 4 ) , kaempferol-3-rutinoside ( 5 ) ,
rutin (6) , 2″- O-galloylrutin (7 ) , bergenin ( 8 ) , gallic acid ( 9) and methyl gallate ( 10) . Six compounds were found from the plant for the first time with the exception of 2 , 6 , 8 and 10 . These results provided new chemical evidences for the bioactive investigation of this plant .

Key words: Saxifraga melanocentra