[Study on the chemical constituents of Curcuma phaeocaulis].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the chemical constituents of the rhizome of Curcuma phaeocaulis Val.


METHODS
The constituents were isolated by column chromatography and their structures elucidated by chemical properties and spectroscopic analysis.


RESULTS
Five compunds have been isolated and identified as isocurcumenol, curcumenol, alpha-spinasterol, curcumin, and beta-sitosterin-3-O-glucoside.


CONCLUSIONS
alpha-Spinasterol and alpha-stediol were isolated from Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. for the first time.
Chen
Pei-dong
PD
Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China.
Lu
Tu-lin
TL
D030024:Curcuma / Q000737:chemistry*; D003474:Curcumin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D027343:Rhizome / Q000737:chemistry; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013265:Stigmasterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C031312:spinasterol; C022801:curcumol; D013265:Stigmasterol; D003474:Curcumin; C459499:isocurcumenol