title: [Chemical composition of Fordia cauliflora Hemsl].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study chemical constituents of the root of Fordia cauliflora.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three compounds were obtained from the ethanolic extract of the roots of F. cauliflora by silica column chromatography, and identified by physico-chemical and spectroscopic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The compounds were identified as stearic acid, palmitic acid and beta-sitosterol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D012855:Sitosterols; D013229:Stearic Acids; D019308:Palmitic Acid; C031183:stearic acid; C025473:gamma-sitosterol