title: [Chemical constituents from petroleum ether portion of Abelmoschus esculentus II].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the chemical constituents of Abelmoschus esculentus.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chemical constituents were isolated and purified by chromatography on silica gel and recrystallization. The chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of physicochemical properties and spectral data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen compounds were isolated and identified as 6-hydroxy-stigmasta-4-en-3-one(1), 6-hydroxy-stigmasta4,22-dien-3-one(2), stigmasta-5-en-3-ol-7-one(3), stigmasta-5, 22-dien-3-ol-7-one(4), stigmast-5-en-3, 7-diol(5), stigmast-5, 22-dien-3, 7-diol(6), stigmast-4, 22-dien-3, 6-dione(7), stigmasta-4, 22-dien-3-one(8), ergosta-7, 22-dien-3-ol(9), cycloart-25-en-3,24-diol(10), lupeol(11), aurantiamide acetate (12), stigmasterol(13), hexadecanoic acid (14).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds 1-12 are obtained from the genus Abelmoschus plant for the first time and also from the Malvaceae for the first time.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. jialujj@163.com
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Linlin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jing
mesh_terms: D028483:Abelmoschus / Q000737:chemistry*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002845:Chromatography
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; C004544:naphtha