Chemical constituents from aerial part of Curcuma wenyujin / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the chemical constituents from aerial part of Curcuma wenyujin.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Compounds were isolated by repeated column chromatography on silica gel. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis and comparison with literature data.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Six compounds were isolated and identified as codonolactone (1), voleneol (2), octacosanoic acid (3), beta-sitosterol (4), mangdesisterol (5), and daucosterol (6).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1, 2, and 5 were isolated from the plant for the first time.</p>