title: [Chemical constituents from aerial parts of Plumbago zeylanica Linn].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the chemical constituents of the aerial parts of Plumbago zeylanica Linn.
  
  
  METHODS
  The constituents of the EtOAc-soluble portion in the 95% ethanol extract were isolated and purified by means of chromatography. Compounds were identified by their physical characteristics and spectral features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine compounds were isolated as plumbagin (I), isoshinanolone (II), plumbagic acid (III), beta-sitosterol (IV), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (V), trans-cinnamic acid (VI), vanillic acid (VII), 2, 5-dimethyl-7-hydroxychromone (VIII), indole-3-carboxaldehyde (IX).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds V, VII, VIII and IX were isolated for the first time from Plumbago Linn.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy of College, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors.forename: Qian-Rui
authors.initials: QR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Nan
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Guang-Zhong
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-Xiu
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002934:Cinnamates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D029606:Plumbaginaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014641:Vanillic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; D002934:Cinnamates; D007211:Indoles; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D012855:Sitosterols; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C434363:isoshinanolone; C029010:cinnamic acid; C025473:gamma-sitosterol; C012381:indole-3-carbaldehyde; D014641:Vanillic Acid; C011483:4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; C014758:plumbagin