Plant Diversity ›› 1988, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

THE CHEMICAI CONSTITUENTS FROM ROOTS OF CUCUBITA FOETIDISSIMA

Fan Juan, Feng Baoshu, Qiu Minhua,Nie Ruilin   

  1. Botanical Garden of Xian, Xian; Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Kunming
  • Online:1988-08-25 Published:1988-08-25

Abstract: Six compounds were isolated and identified from dried roots of Cucurbita foetidissima Hbk,by means of UV,IR,1H and 13C NMR,MS,and chemical methods.They are cucurbitacin B(I),Bryonolic acid(II),22-dihydrospinasterol,24α-ethyl-5α-cholesta-7-en-3β-ol(IIIa),24a-ethyl-5a-cholesta-7,trans-22-dien-3β-ol(IIIb),22-dihydrospinasterol,24a-ethyl-5a-cholesta-7-en-3-O-β-D-glucoside(Ⅳa),24a-ethyl-5a-cholesta-7,trans-22-dien-3-O-β-D-glucoside(Ⅳb).

Key words: Cucurbifa foetidissima