Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the chemical constituents of the ethanol extract from the plant Souliea vaginata (Maxim.) Franch. METHODS The chemical constituents were isolated by multi-chromatographic methods as silica gel, macroporous resin, MCI, Sephadex LH-20, C
18-reversed-phase chromatography. The structures were identified on the basis of chemical methods and spectroscopic evidence. RESULTS Six cycloartane triterpenoid compounds were isolated and identified as cimilactone A (
1 ), 23-Epi-26-deoxyactein (
2 ), soulieosides I (
3 ), neocimicigenoside B (
4 ), asiaticoside A (
5 ), 25-O- acetylcimigenol-3-O-β-D-xylopyranoside (
6 ). CONCLUSION Cycloartane triterpenoids existed as characteristic constituents in Souliea vaginata (Maxim.) Franch. Compound
1 ,
4 and
5 were separated from this species for the first time.