Min D, Xu L, Zhang Z, Wang H, Huang D, Guo D, Zheng J
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100083.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1998 Aug;23(8):486-8, 512.
To study the chemical constituents in the root of Rheum wittrochii.
Chromatography and spectroscopic analysis to isolate and elucidate the chemical constituents in the plant.
Six compounds, namely 3, 5-dihydroxy-4'-methoxystilbene; 3, 5, 4'-tridroxystilbene; piceatannol; desoxyrhaponticin; piceatannol-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside; 2, 5-dimethyl-7-hydroxychromone, have been isolated from ethyl ether and ethyl acetate fractions.
These compounds were isolated from the title plant for the first time.
