Bupleuri radix, an important crude drug in the prescriptions of Chinese traditional medicine, was found to contain small amounts of previously unrecorded constituents, three saikogenins (1, 2 and 3), two polyhydroxysterols (4 and 5), one trihydroxy fatty acid (6a), one lignan (7a), and one simple new chromone, designated saikochromone A (8). These results represent a more complex profile of the chemical constituents of Bupleuri Radix, than was previously known.
柴胡是中药处方中的一种重要粗制药物,研究发现它含有少量以前从未记录过的成分,包括三种柴胡
皂苷(1、2 和 3)、两种多羟基
甾醇(4 和 5)、一种三羟基
脂肪酸(6a)、一种
木质素(7a)和一种简单的新
色酮,命名为柴胡
色酮 A(8)。这些结果表明,柴胡的
化学成分比以前已知的更为复杂。