title: [Studies on chemical constituents of Balanophora spicata].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the chemical constituents of Balanophora spicata.
  
  
  METHODS
  Various chromatographic and spectral techniques were used to isolate the constituents and elucidate their structures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight compounds were isolated from whole plant of B. spicata and elucidated as balanophorin A (1), balanophorin B (2), beta-amyrin acetate (3), monogynol A (4), lupeone (5), caffeic acid ethyl ester (6), catechin (7), 1-O-(E)-caffeoyl-3-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucopyranose (8), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds of 1-8 were obtained from B. spicata for the first time and the compound 4 was isolated from this genus for the first time.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Chinese Medicine Department, Beijing 100050, China. sun-230@163.com
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Gang-Li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Rui-Chao
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D031111:Balanophoraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002109:Caffeic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002392:Catechin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002109:Caffeic Acids; D009828:Oleanolic Acid; C032773:ethyl caffeate; D002392:Catechin; C000265:beta-amyrin acetate