Abstract:
Five compounds were isolated from the dichloromethane fraction of a 70% ethanol extract of
Epimedium sagittatum Maxim using a combination of chromatography techniques, including silica gel column chromatography, ODS column chromatography, and semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography techniques. The structures of these five compounds were identified as 5,4′-dihydroxy-3′-prenyl-7-prenyloxyflavanone (
1), 5,4′-dihydroxy-7-prenyloxyflavanone (
2), 5,7,4′-trihydroxy-3′,8-diprenylflavanone (
3), sebacic acid (
4), and aurantiamide acetate (
5), respectively, based on a comprehensive analysis of their physicochemical properties and spectroscopic data, such as NMR and MS. Notably, compound
1 was found to be a new flavonone compound, while compounds
2-
5 were isolated from the
Epimedium genus for the first time. Additionally, preliminary investigations indicated that compounds
1 and
3 exhibited potential anti-pulmonary fibrosis activities.