NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2014, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 351-353.

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Isoflavones from Wei Ceng

CHEN Quan-wei1, TIAN Ying2, GAO Ting1, CHEN Heng-wen2, DONG Jun-xing2*   

  1. 1 College of Pharmacy,Central South University,Changsha 410013,China;2 Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine,Academy of Military Medical Sciences,Beijing 100850,China
  • Online:2014-03-29 Published:2014-12-08

Abstract: To investigate the chemical constituents of isoflavones from wei ceng.The butanolic extract was subjected to various column chromatography and spectroscopic methods were used for the elucidation of compounds.Six isoflavones were isolated and identified as genistein (1),daidzein (2),glycitein (3),4′,5,7,8-tetrahydroxy isoflavone (4),4′,7,8-trihydroxy isoflavone (5),4′,7,8-trihydroxy-6-methoxy isoflavone (6).All the six isoflavones were isolated from wei ceng for the first time.

Key words: wei ceng, isoflavones, chemical constituent

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