Lü Tai-sheng, Yi Yang-hua, Yuan Hong-ying, Zhang Zhi-guo, Liu Wei
Pharmacy Department, the 88th Hospital of PLA, Taian 271000, China.
Yao Xue Xue Bao. 2003 Feb;38(2):113-5.
To study the chemical constituents of the stem of Cassia siamea.
The compounds were isolated by chromatography on silica gel, and identified on the basis of spectral analysis.
Five compounds were isolated and identified as: beta-sitosterol (I), sucrose (II), n-octacosanol (III), 2-methyl-5-(2'-hydroxypropyl)-7-hydroxy-chromone-2'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (IV) and piceatannol (V).
Compound IV is a new compound. Compounds II, III and V were obtained from this plant for the first time.
