Abstract:
AIM: To study the chemical constituents the medicinal plant
Phyllanthus urinaria L. METHODS: The constituents were separated and purified by using various chromatographies. The structural elucidation of the compounds were based on the analysis of their MS,
1H &
13CNMR and HMBC spectra. RESULTS: Four polyphenolic compounds were obtained from
P.urinaria and their structures were identified as: 1-
O-galloyl-3,6-
O-0HHDP-2,4-
O-dehydroxymethylchebuloyl-β
D-glucopyranose (I), pyrogallol (II), caffeic acid (III) and brevifolincarboxylic acid (IV). CONCLUSION: Compound I was found to be a novel ellagitannin, named phyllanthusiin U, and II~IV were isolated from this plant for the first time.