title: [Chemical Constituents from Rhizome of Valeriana jatamansi].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the chemical constituents from the rhizome of Valeriana jatamansi.
  
  
  METHODS
  The chemical constituents were separated and purified by silica gel, medium pressure column chromatography, and preparative HPLC. Their structures were determined by physicochemical properties and spectral data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six compounds were isolated from the dibromochloromethane extract in the rhizome of Valeriana jatamansi, and identified as decursidin (1), decursitin B (2), decursitin A (3), 3'(S)-acetoxy-4'(R)-angeloyloxy-3',4'-dihydroxanthyletin (4), 8-acetoxyl-pathchouli alcohol (5) and dibutyl phthalate (6).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compounds 1-4 are coumarins which are isolated from this genus for the first time,and compound 6 is isolated from this genus for the first time.
authors.forename: Cheng-dong
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Hui-zhu
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jian-fen
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Man-cang
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yue-lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis; D032404:Nardostachys / Q000737:chemistry; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000032:analysis*; D027343:Rhizome / Q000737:chemistry*; D014632:Valerian / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D064209:Phytochemicals