title: [Studies on chemical constituents in seeds of Cicer arietinum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the chemical constituents in seeds of Cicer arietinum, so that to find bioactive natural products.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dried and sprouted seeds of C. arietinum were extracted with ethanol of various concentrations respectively, then isolated and purified by silica gel, macroreticular resin D 101, Sephadex LH -20 gel column chromatography, and structures of compounds were identified by spectral analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine compounds have been isolated and identified: 3-hydroxy-olean-12-ene (1), biochanin A-7-O-beta-D-glucoside (2), cerebroside (3), 1-ethyl-alpha-L-galactoside (4), uridine (5), adenosine (6), trytophan (7), biochanin A (8), fomononetin (9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 were isolated from genus Cicer for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine (Ministry of Education), Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Yong-xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Yu-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ruo-yun
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002554:Cerebrosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D029863:Cicer / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D002554:Cerebrosides; D014315:Triterpenes; D000241:Adenosine