Abstract:
The chemical constituents of
Herpetospermum caudigerum were investigated using chromatographic methods, including silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 and semi-preparative HPLC. Four compounds were isolated and their structures were elucidated by spectral data and physicochemical properties, which were identified as 2,11-dimethoxy-3,9-dihydroxy-7
H-dibenzoc,eoxepin-5-one (
1), 7,8'-didehydroherpetotriol (
2), herpetotriol (
3) and kaempferitrin (
4). Among those, compound
1 is one new 7
H-dibenzoc,e oxepin-5-one, named as herpetolide C.