NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2012, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 42-46. doi: A

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Chemical constituents of Swertia cincta

GENG Jia-ling2, GENG Chang-an1, CHEN Ji-jun1*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China; 2Yunnan Institute for Food and Drug Control, Kunming 650204, China
  • Received:2011-03-29 Online:2012-01-30 Published:2012-02-15

Abstract: Fifteen compounds involving secoiridoids (glycosides), triterpenoids, xanthones, aromatic acids (alcohols), aliphatic alcohols and steroids were isolated from Swertia cincta, which were characterized to be swertiamarin (1), gentiopicroside (2), erythrocentaurin (3), (–)gentiolactone (4), angelone (5), oleanolic acid (6), 3-epi-taraxerol (7), swertianolin (8), m-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (9), dimethyl phthalate (10), diisobutyl phthalate (11), 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (12), n-hentriacontanol (13), ?-sitosterol (14) and daucosterol (15). Compounds 4–5, 7, 9–13 and 15 were obtained from Swertia cincta for the first time.

Key words: Swertia cincta, Gentianaceae, secoiridioids, triterpenoids, xanthones, aromatic acids (alcohols)

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