Abstract:
Fourteen flavonoids were isolated and purified from
Epimedium sagittatum by various chromatography techniques such as macroporous adsorbent resin, silica gel, ODS, Sephadex LH-20, HW-40C and semi-preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by analysis of physicochemical properties and spectral data, and determined as 3'-hydroxy-baohuoside-Ⅱ (
1), huazhongilexone-7-
O-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
2), kaempferol-3-
O-
α-
L-rhamnoside (
3), baohuoside-Ⅱ (
4), icariside-Ⅱ (
5), kaempferol 3, 7-di-
O-α-
L-rhamnopyranoside (
6), (+)-aromadendrin (
7), kaempferol 3-
O-(2-
O-
β-
D-apiofuranosyl)-
α-
L-rhamnopyranoside (
8), sagittatoside A (
9), 2″-
O-rhamnosyl icariside-Ⅱ (
10), apigenin-7-
O-
β-
D-glucoside (
11), quercetin 3-
O-
β-
D-apiofuranoyl-(1→2)-
α-
L-rhamnopyranoside (
12), kaempferol (
13), icariin (
14). Among them, compound
1 is a new compound, while compounds
2,
6-
8,
11, and
12 were isolated from
E.sagittatum for the first time.