Chemical constituents from herb of Pholidota cantonensis / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Pholidota cantonensis.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were isolated and purified on silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, Chromatorex ODS column chromatography and the structures were determined based on the spectral and chemical evidences.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Four compounds were obtained and characterized as pholidonone (1), ephemeranthoquinone (2), orchinol (3), batatasin III (4).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>They have been isolated from this plant for the first time and pholidonone (1) was a new compound.</p>