Abstract:
Chemical investigation of the stems of
Fritillaria unibracteata P.K. Hsiao & K.C. Hsia resulted in the isolation of nine compounds, by means of silica gel column chromatography, and preparative HPLC. Based on spectroscopic and chemical evidence, these compounds were identified as: 27-hydroxychlorogenone (
1), sieboldogenin (
2), (3
β, 25
S)-spirost-5-ene-3,17,27-triol (
3), laxogenin (
4), tigogenone (
5), cerevisterol (
6), ergosterol peroxide (
7), stigmaterol (
8), and
β-sitosterol (
9). Compound
1 was a new compound, and compounds
2-
9 were isolated from the stems of
Fritillaria unibracteata for the first time. The inhibitory effects of compounds
1−9 on A549 cells were determined using the MTT method. The results show that compound
6 exhibits moderate inhibitory activity with an IC
50 value of (14.16 ± 1.11) μmol/L.