title: [Studies on chemical constituents of aerial parts of Verbena officinalis L].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for new effective ant-early-pregnancy components from the aerial part of Verbena officinalis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Compounds were isolated from the methanol extract of the herb by chromatography on silica gel column, and the structures were determined by physical and chemical evidences and spectroscopic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two compounds were obtained and identified as 3,4-dihydroverbenalin and daucosterol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The two compounds were obtained from this the herb for the first time and 3,4-didydroverbenalin is a new product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese Materia Medica, Wuhan Professional Medical College, Wuhan 430016, Hube, China.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D006574:Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D032412:Verbena / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C472037:3,4-dihydroverbenalin; D006574:Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; D012855:Sitosterols; C011015:lyoniside