title: [Chemical study on aerial parts of Ligusticum chuanxiong].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the chemical constituents of the aerial parts of Liusticum chuanxiong.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chemical components were isolated by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. Structures were elucidated on the basis of physico-chemical properities and spectral data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight chemical constituents were isolated, and identified as protocatechuic acid (1), caffeic acid (2), scopoletin (3), apigenin (4), quercetin (5), cosmosiin (6), kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosid (7) and glucose (8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds 1-8 were obtained from the aerial parts of the plant for the first time, compounds 3-8 were obtained from the plant for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phytochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Dong-chun
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Nian-yun
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shi-hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xiang-ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jin-ao
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D047310:Apigenin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D044949:Kaempferols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030004:Ligusticum / Q000737:chemistry*; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012603:Scopoletin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D044949:Kaempferols; D047310:Apigenin; C001579:astragalin; D012603:Scopoletin