[Study on the chemical constituents of Gastrodia elata].
OBJECTIVE
To study the chemical constituents of Gastrodia elata.


METHODS
The compounds were isolated by silica gel column chromatography and recrystallization and their structures were elucidated by spectral analysis.


RESULTS
The structures of 14 compounds were identified as: p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (1), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (2), 3, 4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (3), 4, 4'-dihydroxy, dibenzyl ether (4), 4-hydroxymethyl benzyl-4'-hydroxy-3'-(4"-hydroxy benzl) benzyl ether (5), 4-ethoxybenzyl alcohol (6), anisic alcohol (7), bis(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl) methane (8), 4, 4'-dihydroxydiphenyl methane (9), 2, 4-bis(4'-hydroxy-benzyl)-phenol (10), 4-( methoxymenthyl) benzene-1, 2-diol (11), p-methylphenyl-1 -O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (12), N6-(4'-hydroxybenzl) -adenosine (13) and beta-sitosterol (14).


CONCLUSIONS
Compounds 6 - 8 and 11 are isolated from this plant for the first time.
Xiao-Hua
XH
Duan
Zi-Lei
ZL
Li
Da-Song
DS
Yang
Feng-Lei
FL
Zhang
Qing
Q
Lin
Rong
R
Dai
D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001592:Benzyl Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D031668:Gastrodia / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
D001547:Benzaldehydes; D001592:Benzyl Alcohols; D010936:Plant Extracts; C018966:4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol; D000431:Ethanol; C011483:4-hydroxybenzaldehyde