Isolation and identification of curdione in zedoary oil / 中成药

ABSTRACT

AIM:To study the isolation and identification of curdione from Zedoary oil. METHODS: Silica column was adopted to isolate constituents from Zedoary oil;IR,GC/MS and NMR methods were used to identify its structure. RESULTS: Three constituents were isolated from Zedoary oil,including crystal C_1,C_2 and C_3.Crystal C_1 was identified to be curdione and curdione content in Zedoary oil was 11.31%. CONCLUSION: This method is simple and convenient and it can be used to isolate more quantity of curdione for further pharmaceutical study.