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Flavonoids and Aromatic Compounds from the Rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet

  • Jang Dae Sik (Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Han Ah-Reum (College of Pharmacy Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Park Gowooni (College of Pharmacy Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Jhon Gil-Ja (Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Seon Eun-Kyoung (College of Pharmacy Ewha Womans University)
  • Published : 2004.04.01
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Abstract

Repeated column chromatography of the CHCI_3-soluble fraction of Zingiber zerumbet led to the isolation and identification of two aromatic compounds, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1) and vanillin (2), and six kaempferol derivatives, kaempferol-3,4',7-O-trimethylether (3), kaempferol-3-O-methylether (4), kaempferol-3,4'-O-dimethylether (5), 4'-O-acetylafzel in (6), kaempferol-3-O-(4-O-acetyl-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside)], 2',4'-O-diacetylafzelin (7), kaempferol-3-O-(2,4-O-diacetyl-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside)], and 3',4'-O-diacetylafzelin (8), kaempferol-3-O-(3,4-O-diacetyl-$\alpha$-L-rhamnopyranoside)]. The structures of 1-8 were identifed by analysis of spectroscopic data as well as by comparison with published values. This is the first report on the isolation of compounds 1-3 from this plant.

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