Aromatic glycosides from the aerial part of Bupleurum chinense.

A new aromatic glycoside (1) and twelve (2-13) known aromatic glycosides were isolated from the n-butyl alcohol of the 70% EtOH extract of the aerial part of Bupleurum chinense. Among them, compounds 4-7, 9, 11-13 were isolated from Umbelliferae plants for the first time. Their structures were elucidated by NMR and MS spectroscopy, and the absolute configuration of compound 1 was elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compounds 6 and 10 showed moderate cytotoxic activities on MGC-803 cell lines with IC50 values of 8.63 ± 0.08 and 13.65 ± 1.73 µM, respectively.