[Study on the chemical constituents of Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring].
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring.


METHODS
Various chromatographic techniques were used to separate and purify the chemical constituents. Their physico-chemical properties and spectral data were used to elucidate the structures.


RESULTS
Four compounds were isolated from the n-BuOH fraction of the water-extracts. Their structures were identified as 1-hydroxy-2-[2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-phenyl]-3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy)-propane-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (tamariscinoside B, I), adenosine (II), guanosine (III), arbutin (IV).


CONCLUSIONS
Tamariscinoside B (I) is a new compound, while the others were isolated from Selaginella for the first time.
Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
Xiao-ke
XK
Zheng
Yue-feng
YF
Bi
Wei-sheng
WS
Feng
She-po
SP
Shi
Ji-feng
JF
Wang
Jian-zhao
JZ
Niu
D000241:Adenosine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001104:Arbutin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005960:Glucosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006151:Guanosine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D032503:Selaginellaceae / Q000737:chemistry*
C489712:1-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-phenyl)-3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy)-propane-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; D005960:Glucosides; D006151:Guanosine; D001104:Arbutin; D000241:Adenosine