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Twenty glycoside derivatives and nine flavonoids from the leaves of Pueraria (P. thomsonii) were isolated by column chromatography and characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Actinidia arguta, an edible berry plant with high nutritional values, has been widely used in Asian countries as a food and traditional medicinal herb. The well-recognized health-promoting properties of A. arguta were associated with its bioactive components in its different botanical parts. To rapidly screen and identify chemical components and simultaneously determine the potential metabolites from different parts of A. arguta, UPLC-Q-TOF-MS

Volatiles in four Allium tenuissimum flower samples were detected and characterized by headspace-gas chromatography-olfactometry-mass spectrometry, and odor activity values. The key aroma compounds were determined by combining the sensory analysis with the omission and recombination experiments. The results illustrated that a total of 36 volatiles were identified and divided into six types, including sulfur-containing compounds, aldehydes, alcohols, ketones, nitrogen-containing compounds, and others. The sulfur-containing compounds and aldehydes were the two most abundant compounds in A. tenuissimum flower. The volatiles were quantified through authentic reference compounds, and the contents of these compounds in four A. tenuissimum flower samples were obtained. Five key aroma compounds of A. tenuissimum flower were confirmed as dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl trisulfide, linalool, 2-methylbutanal, and nonanal. Among these, the predominant compounds dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide having strong onion and sulfur aroma, significantly contributed to the aroma of A. tenuissimum flower. The main aroma profiles of A. tenuissimum flower were onion, sulfur, flower, green and burnt. The closer the geographical location and environment of A. tenuissimum flower growth are, the more similar their chemical composition.

In this paper, 17 compounds (1–17) were isolated from the leaves of Hemp (Cannabis sativa f. sativa). Among the isolates, two were determined to be new spirans: cannabispirketal (1), and α-cannabispiranol 4’-O-β-D-glucopyranose (2) by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, LC-MS, and HRESIMS. The known compounds 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, and 16 were isolated from Hemp (C. sativa f. sativa) for the first time. Furthermore, compounds 8 and 13 were isolated from the nature for the first time. All isolated compounds were evaluated for cytotoxicity on different tissue-derived passage cancer cell lines through cell viability and apoptosis assay. Among these compounds, compounds 5, 9 and 16 exhibited a broad-spectrum antitumor effect via inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis. These results obtained have provided valuable clues to the understanding of the cytotoxic profile for these isolated compounds from Hemp (C. sativa f. sativa).