Plant Diversity ›› 2000, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (03): 1-3.

• Articles •    

Phytoecdysones from Parana discifera

ZHU Wei - Ming, YANG Xiao- Sheng, HE Hong - Ping, HAO Xiao -Jiang   

  1. Kimming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
  • Online:2000-06-25 Published:2000-06-25

Abstract: From the aerial parts of Parana discifera, 10 phytoecdysones, β- ecdysterone (1) and its 2 -acetate (2) , 3 - acetate (3), 25 - acetate (4) ,2,3- acetonide (5) , 20, 22 - acetonide (6) , and 2 -deoxyecdysterone (7) and its 20, 22 - acetonide (8), 3-O-β-D- glucopyranoside (9) and posterone (10) were isolated. They have no anti - inflammatory, analgesic, sedative, anti - convulsant and anti -cerebra- hypoxic activities in animal testing with Kunming mice.

Key words: Parana discifera, Convolvulaceae