[Studies on chemical constituents of two plants from Costus].
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Costus speciosus and C. tonkinensis (Zingiberaceae) distributed in Yunnan province.


METHODS
Chromatography and spectral analyses were used to isolate the constituents and elucidate their structure.


RESULTS
Six compounds were isolated from the rhizome of C. speciosus and elucidated as diosgenin(1), prosapogenin B of dioscin(2), diosgenone(3), cycloartanol(4), 25-en-cycloartenol(5) and octacosanoic acid(6). Four compounds were isolated from the rhizome of Costus tonkinensis and elucidated as tetracosanoic acid(7), succinic acid(8), beta-sitosterol(9) and daucosterin(10).


CONCLUSIONS
Compounds of 3-6 were obtained from C. speciosus for the first time and compounds of 7-10 were obtained from C. tonkinensis for the first time too.
Qiao
Chun-feng
CF
Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210038, Jiangsu, China.
Li
Qiu-wen
QW
Dong
Hui
H
Xu
Luo-shan
LS
Wang
Zheng-tao
ZT
D029770:Costus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D027343:Rhizome / Q000737:chemistry; D013141:Spiro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D013141:Spiro Compounds; D014315:Triterpenes; C469690:diosgenone; C068792:octacosanoic acid; C010210:lignoceric acid