Abstract:
AIM To study the chemical composition of
Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f. METHODS Column chromatography was used to separate the chemical constituents. UV, IR, MS, HRMS,
1HNMR,
13CNMR (COM and OFR),
1H-
1H COSY,
1H-
13C COSY, 2D-NOESY and
1H-
13C COLOC were used to determine the structures of the isolated constituents. RESULTS Two sesquiterpene alkaloids were isolated and their structures were elucidated as euonine and wilfordconine on the basis of spectral evidence. CONCLUSION Wilfordconine, a new sesquiterpene alkaloid,was shown to be immunosuppressive.