Abstract:
Nineteen compounds were isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of the stems and leaves of
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge by using various column chromatographic methods, such as silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and semi-preparative HPLC. According to their physiochemical properties and spectral data, the structures were further identified as 3′,4′-dihydroxy-4-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (
1), 2-hydroxy-5-(2′-hydroxybenzyl) benzoic acid (
2), dehydrozingerone (
3), 3,4-dihydroxy benzalacetone (
4), benzyl alcohol-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
5), dehydrololiolide (
6), rel-5-(3
S,8
S-dihydroxy-1
R,5
S-dimethyl-7-oxa-6-oxobicyclo3,2,1-oct-8-yl)-3-methyl-2
Z,4
E-pentadienoic acid (
7), 6-hydroxy-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,4,4-trimethylcy clohexa-2,5-dien-1-one (
8), scopoletin (
9), esculetin (
10), dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ (
11), 2′-deoxythymidine (
12), quercetin 3-glucoside (
13), sutchuenmedin A (
14), 2′′-
O-rhamnosylicariside-Ⅱ (
15), 2,2′-oxybis(1,4-di-tert-butylbenzene) (
16), 1
H-indole-3-carbaldehyde (
17), 3-(2-oxopropyl)-3-hydroxyind-olin-2-one (
18), dysodensiol E (
19). Compound
1 was a new biphenyl lignan, named as 3′,4′-dihydroxy-4-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid. Compound
2 was a new natural product and compounds
3-
8 and
4-
19 were firstly isolated from
S. miltiorrhiza. MTT method was used to screen the anti-hepatoma activity of all the compounds, and none of them showed obvious effect.