Studies on chemical constituents of Alpinia jianganfeng / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Alpinia jianganfeng (Zingiberaceae) distributed in Sichuan province.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Chromatography and spectral analyses were used to isolate the constituents and elucidate their structure.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Four compounds were isolated from the rhizome of A. jianganfeng and elucidated as kaempferol-3-O-glucuronide(1), docosanoic acid(2), 3-hydroxy-stigmast-5-en-7-one(3) and beta-sitosterol(4).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All these compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time.</p>