[Chemical constituents from roots of Ficus hirta].
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents from the roots of Ficus hirta.


METHODS
Compounds were isolated by chromatographic techniques on silica gel and HP-20 resin columns. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods.


RESULTS
Ten compounds were identified as beta-sitosterol (1), stigmasterol (2), psoralene (3), 3beta-hydroxy-stigmast-5-en-7-one (4), 5-hydroxy-4', 6, 7, 8-tetramethoxy flavone (5), 4', 5, 6, 7, 8-pentamethoxy flavone (6), 4', 5, 7-trihydroxy-flavone (7), 3beta-acetoxy-beta-amyrin (8), 3beta-acetoxy-alpha-amyrin (9) and hesperidin (10).


CONCLUSIONS
The compounds 4, 5, 6 were obtained from this genus for the first time, and all the compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time.
Li
Chun
C
Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. wenyeli@yahoo.com
Bu
Peng-Bin
PB
Yue
Dang-Kun
DK
Sun
You-Fu
YF
D030681:Ficus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005363:Ficusin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D047309:Flavones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013265:Stigmasterol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
D047309:Flavones; D012855:Sitosterols; C025473:gamma-sitosterol; D009828:Oleanolic Acid; D013265:Stigmasterol; C059006:tangeretin; C036380:beta-amyrin; D005363:Ficusin