Abstract:
Eleven compounds were isolated and purified from the ethyl acetate part of 80% ethanol extract of
Ferula feruloides root by a combination of normal-phase silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 dextran gel column chromatography and semi-preparative liquid chromatography and then modern wave spectrometry methods (NMR, MS, UV, IR) were used to identify the structures of the compounds, which were identified as baigene D (
1), baigene E (
2), baigene F (
3),
β-kirialovin (
4),
α-kirialovin (
5), falcarindiol (
6), ammoresinol (
7), dshamirone (
8), 2, 3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2
S*, 3
R*-dimethyl-3-4-methyl-5-(4-methy1-2-furyl)-3(
E)-pentenyl-furo3, 2-
ccoumarin (
9), 2, 3-dihydro-7-hydroxy-2
S*, 3
R*-dimethyl-2-4, 8-dimethyl-3(
E), 7-nonadi-enyl-furo3, 2-ccoumarin (
10), and baigene C (
11). Compounds
1-
3 are new coumarin analogues, and compounds
4-
6 are firstly isolated from
F. feruloides. The anti-proliferative activity of compounds
5,
7-
11 against human gastric cancer (MKN-45) cells was evaluated using MTT assay, which showed that compounds
7-
11 exhibited strong inhibitory activity, and compound
5 exhibited weak inhibitory activity.