[Chemical constituents of the root of Boehmeira nivea (L.) Gaud]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1996 Jul;21(7):427-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Three compounds were isolated from the root of Boehmeria nivea and elucidated according to their spectroscopic data as beta-sitosterol, daucosterol and 19 alpha-hydroxyursolic acid. They are obtained from the herb for the first time.

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Magnoliopsida / chemistry*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sitosterols / chemistry
  • Sitosterols / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • 19-hydroxyursolic acid
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Sitosterols
  • Triterpenes
  • gamma-sitosterol
  • lyoniside