Abstract:
The column chromatography and semi-preparative liquid phase chromatography with several chromatographic packing materials, including macroporous adsorbent resin, silica gel, ODS, and Sephadex LH-20, were used for the separation and purification of
n-butanol-soluble portion of ethanol extract of
Leonurus japonicus Houtt. The structures of isolates were identified by HR-MS, IR, NMR, and acid hydrolysis reaction. Six phenylethanol glycosides were obtained from
L. japonicus and identified as leonoside G (
1), leonoside E (
2), leonoside B (
3), leonoside F (
4), cistanoside G (
5), and salidroside (
6). Compound
1 is a new phenylethanol glycoside.