Study on the chemical constituents of triterpenoids in Patrinia villosa Juss
Seven triterpenoids were isolated and purified from the 95%aqueous EtOH extract whole plants of P.villosa by various chromatographic techniques,such as silica gel,ODS,Sephadex LH-20 gel column chromatog-raphy and preparative high performance liquid chromatography.Based on physicochemical properties and spectral analyses,the structures of the seven compounds were identified as 29-acetoxyoleanolic acid-3-O-a-L-arabinopyran-oside(1),oleanolic acid(2),3β-hydroxy-24-norursa-4(23),12,20(30)-trien-28-oic acid(3),3β-hydroxy-24-nor-urs-4(23),12-dien-28-oic acid(4),ursolic acid(5),hederagenin(6),oleanolic acid 3-O-arabinoside(7).Compound 1 is a new compound.Compounds 3,4,6,and 7 are isolated from P.villosa for the first time.All compounds were assayed for their anti-inflammatory activity by the prodution of NO in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells.The results showed that compounds 1,2,3,4,6,and 7 significantly inhibited the NO release.