title: [Chemical constituents of Morinda officinalis How].
abstract: This paper reports the identification of four compounds isolated from the cortex of Morinda officinalis growing in Guangdong Province. These compounds are beta-sitosterol (I), 2-methyl-anthraquinone(II), rubiadin-1-methyl ether(III) and 24-ethylcholesterol(VI). Compounds II and VI are isolated from Morinda Genus for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Nanjing Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000880:Anthraquinones / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000880:Anthraquinones; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012855:Sitosterols; C025473:gamma-sitosterol; C073955:2-methylanthraquinone