title: [Chemical constituents contained in Desmodium caudatum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study chemical constituents contained in Desmodium caudatum.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chemical compounds were separated by using such chromatographic methods as macroporous resin, Sephadex LH-20, ODS and normal phase silicagel column, and their structures were identified by spectroscopic data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen compounds were separated and identified as stigmasterol (1), beta-sitosterol (2), citrusinol (3), hibiscone A (4), yukovanol (5), kenusanone I (6), neophellamuretin (7), desmodol (8), erythrotriol (9), hibiscone D (10), kaempferol (11), 8-prenylquercetin (12), leachianone G (13), 5,7,4'-trihydroxy-dihydroflavonol (14), and 4H-1-benzopyran-4-one, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) -2, 3-dihydro-3,5,7-trihydroxy-8-( 3-methyl-2-butenyl) -, (2R-trans)-(9CI) (15).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All of the compounds were separated from D. caudatum for the first time except compound 8.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Cuiling
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guanghui
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Quancheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xiuhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009930:Organic Chemicals