[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.
Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. wenyeli@yahoo.com
Chun
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Peng-Bin
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Dang-Kun
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Yue
You-Fu
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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