title: A new phenylpropanoid glycoside from the fruits of Illicium simonsii.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the constituents and bioactivity of Illicium simonsii.
  
  
  METHODS
  The extracts of the fruits of Illicium simonsii were submitted to a combination of chromatographic materials, silica gel, ODS column chromatography and finally preparative HPLC to obtain eight compounds which were further evaluated for their cytotoxicity by MTT method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A new phenylpropanoid glycolside, 2, 4-dihydroxy-allylbenzene-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), together with seven characteristic sesquiterpene lactones, oligandrumin B (2), oligandrumin D (3), anisatin (4), veranisatin D (5), pseudomajucin (6), 1α-hydroxy-3-deoxy-pseudoanisatin (7), 8α-hydroxy-10-deoxycyclomerrillianolide (8) were isolated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compound 1 is new. Compounds 1, 2, 3, 5-8 were isolated from this plant for the first time. None of the isolates showed inhibitory effects on the growth of non-small cell lung tumor cell line A549.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Dan-Dan
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jun-Song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ling-Yi
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D029523:Illicium / Q000737:chemistry*; D007783:Lactones / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: C582402:2,4-dihydroxy-allylbenzene-2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; D007783:Lactones; D009005:Monosaccharides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012717:Sesquiterpenes