Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate the chemical constituents of the anti-osteoporotic part of
Lepidium meyenii Walp. (maca) produced in Heqing, Yunnan. Seven compounds were isolated from the
n-BuOH extract of maca using combination of column chromatographies on MCI resin, silica gel, C
18 bonded silica gel, and Sephadex LH-20, followed by semi-preparative HPLC and recrystallization. The purified compounds were identified on the basis of their physicochemical properties and spectral data as macaolidine (
1), tryptophan (
2), daucosterol (
3), (3
S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-
β-carboline-3-carboxylicacid (
4), chlorogenic acid (
5), luteolin (
6), and hyperoside (
7). Compound
1 is a new phenylacetamide alkaloid, and compounds
4-
7 were isolated from
Lepidium meyenii for the first time.