Terpenoids from Ligularia kangtingensis

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Pharmacognosy Magazine,2015,11,41,44-47.
Published:January 2015
Type:Original Article
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Jin Tian, Guang-Bo Xie, Ya Xie, Tie-Nan Li
Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

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Background: Ligularia kangtingensis, a species from the genus Ligularia (Compositae), is an indigenous plant in Southwest China and more than 20 species in this genus have been used as folk medicines in China. Objective: The chemical constituents of the whole plant of L. kangtingensis were studied. Materials and Methods: The dried whole plants were extracted with ethanol. Its chemical constituents were mainly isolated and purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and their structures were identified on the basis of spectral analysis. Results: Twelve known terpenoids, including two monoterpenoids, five sesquiterpenoids and five triterpenoids, were isolated and identified from the whole plant of L. kangtingensisConclusion: All of the 12 known compounds were isolated for the first time from L. kangtingensis.

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Tian J, Xie G-B, Xie Y, Li T-N. Terpenoids from Ligularia kangtingensis. Pharmacognosy Magazine [Internet]. 2015;11(41):44-47. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709209