Abstract:
Nine compounds were isolated and identified as (±)-diosniponol G (
1), neo-olivil (
2), isolariciresinol (
3), bombasin (
4), isoschaftoside (
5), saponarin (
6), apigenin 6-
C-
α-
L-arabinopyranosyl-7-
O-
β-
D-glucopyranoside (
7), 2-hydroxy-3, 5, 7-trimethoxy-9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene (
8), and albibrissinoside B (
9) from bulbils of
Dioscorea opposite Thunb. by multiple column chromatographic methods including Diaion HP-20, MCI gel CHP-20, and Sephadex LH-20. Compound
1 was a new pair of diarylheptanoid enantiomers, and the other compounds were isolated from
D. opposite for the first time. The
α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of the isolates were screened, and no compound exhibited significantly inhibitory activity against
α-glucosidase at the concentration of 100 μmol·L
-1.