Abstract:
AIM To investigate the chemical constituents of
Rubus chroosepalus Focke. METHODS The methanol extracts were suspended in H
2O and then extracted with EtOAc. Column chromatography was used for separation and purification, while spectral analysis was used for identification. RESULTS Seven compounds were isolated and identified as 2α,3β-dihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-23,28-oic acid (I), 2α,3β,23-trihydroxy-urs-12,18-dien-28-oic acid (IIa), 2α,3β,23-trihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-28-oic acid (IIb), 2α,3α-dihydroxy-urs-12,18-dien-28-oic acid (IIIa), 2α,3α-dihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-28-oic acid (IIIb), and the acetonide of IIIa and IIIb (IVa and IVb). CONCLUSION I was found to be a new pentacyclic triterpenoid acid.