Abstract:
Twenty compounds were isolated and purified from the fresh roots of Huaizhong NO.1
Rehmannia glutinosa by various chromatographic techniques such as Toyopreal HW-40C, Sephadex LH-20, silica gel and semi-preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by analysis of physicochemical properties and spectral data, and determined as 3-methyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4
H-pyrone-4-one (
1), 3-amino-2-pyridine ethanol (
2), (5'
S)-2-oxo-
N-phenylpyrrolidine-3-carboxamide (
3),
L-pyroglutamic acid methyl ester (
4), indazole (
5), uridine (
6), adenosine (
7), rehmanalkaloid C (
8), 1-(3-ethylphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (
9), (3-ethylphenyl)-1,2-ethanediol (
10), 2-hydroxymethylphenyl-1-
O-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
11), mussaenoside (
12), 11-methylforsythide (
13), 7-deoxygardoside (
14), 1-
O-α-
L-rhamnopyranosyl(1→6)-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
15), 6-deoxy-
D-mannono-1,4-lactone (
16), monoethylfumarate (
17), daphneresinol (
18), dihydroquercetin (
19), rhamnopyranosyl vaniloyl (
20). Compound
1 is a new compound, named as 3-methyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4
H-pyrone-4-one, compounds
2 and
3 are new natural products, and compounds
4,
5,
9-
11,
13,
14 and
16-
19 are isolated from
Rehmannia for the first time.