[Cochinchinenin--a new chalcone dimer from the Chinese dragon blood].
OBJECTIVE
To study the active constituents of Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C. Chen. in the commercial dragon blood.


METHODS
Various column chromatographies with Sephadex L-20 gel, MCI gel and silica gel were employed for the isolation and purification. The structures of compounds were elucidated by spectral analysis.


RESULTS
Nine chalcones were isolated from the commercial dragon's blood which was made of D. cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C. Chen.. By means of spectral data, they were identified as 1-[5-(2,4,4'-trihydroxydihydrochalconyl)]-1- (p-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(2-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-propane (1), 2'-methoxysocotrin-5'-ol (2), socotrin-4'-ol (3), 2-methoxy-4, 4'-dihydroxydihydrochalcone (4), 2, 4, 4'-trihydroxy-dihydrochalcone (5), 2, 4, 4'-trihydroxy-6-methoxydihydrochalcone (6), 2', 4', 4-trihydroxychalcone (7), 2-methoxy-4, 4'-dihydroxychalcone (8) and 2'-methoxy-4', 4-dihydroxychalcone (9).


CONCLUSIONS
Compound 1 is a new chalcone dimer and named as cochinchinenin. Compounds 2-9 were isolated from D. cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.C. Chen. for the first time.
Zhou
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Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650204, China. Zhouzh9@163.net
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Yang
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D002599:Chalcone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D031409:Dracaena / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
C475447:cochinchinenin; D002599:Chalcone