Abstract:
Seven compounds were isolated and purified from
Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill,and were identified as meiocarpin (
1 ),sauristolactam (
2 ),aristololactam AⅡ(
3 ),4,5-dioxodehydroasimilobine (
4 ),hyperin (
5 ),quercetin (
6 ),and quercitrin (
7 ) by spectroscopic techniques and physicochemical properties.Compounds
1 ,
3 ,
4 were first isolated from the genus
Saururus.Among them,compound
1 is an unusual 7,8-secolignan,the absolute configuration of which was first determined as 7′
R,8′
S on the basis of ROESY and CD spectral studies.