[Studies on chemical constituents of root tuber of cultivated Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Zheshen No. 1)].
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of the cultivated Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Zheshen No. 1) as a traditional Chinese medicine, and provide a scientific basis for its quality evaluation.


METHODS
The chemical constituents were isolated by silica gel column chromatography and structurally elucidated by analysis of their physicochemical characteristics including spectroscopic data.


RESULTS
Thirteen compounds were obtained and identified as taraxeryl acetate (1), taraxerol (2), stigmast-7-en-3beta-ol(3), beta-sitosterol (4), daucosterol (5), stigmast-7-en-3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (6), dihydroferulic acid [3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl) propionic acid] (7), adenosine (8), uridine (9), alpha-ethyl-D-galactopyranoside (10), 3-furfuryl pyrole-2-carboxylate (11), glucose (12), and sucrose (13), respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Compounds 1, 2 and 7-10 were isolated from the root tuber of P. heterophylla for the first time.
Li
Ying
Y
State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China.
Yang
Xiu-Wei
XW
D029748:Caryophyllaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal