Chemical constituents of the aerial parts of Rhamnus crenatus / 药学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>AIM</b>To study chemical constituents of the aerial parts of Rhamnus crenatus sieb. et zucc.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The chemical constituents were isolated by chromatographic methods and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Five compounds were isolated and their structures were identified as crenatoside (1), torachrysone (2), emodin (3), emodin-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4) and beta-sitosterol (5) respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compound 1 is a new compound and the others were isolated from Rhamnus crenatus for the first time.</p>