Abstract:
AIM To investigate the chemical constituents from the bulb stems of the Chinese medicinal plant
Allium cepa L. var.
agrogatum Don. METHODS The crude extracts of the bulb stem were purified by Sephadex LH-20 chromatography. IR, UV, MS, 1H,
13CNMR,
1H-
1H COSY,
1H-
13C COSY and HMBC spectra were used to determine the structure of the isolated constituents. RESULTS A new compound named quercetin 3′-methoxy-4′-
O-β-
D-glucopyranoside(I), together with three known compounds kaempferol(II), quercetin 4′-
O-β-
D-glucopyranoside(III) and quercetin 3,4′-di-
O-β-
D-glucopyranoside(IV) were isolated. CONCLUSION Quercetin 3′-methoxy-4′-
O-β-
D-glucopyranoside(I) is a new compound, compounds II~IV were isolated from this plant for the first time.