Chemical constituents of Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz.

Abstract: Phytochemical investigations of the rhizomes of Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz. resulted in the isolation of four sesquiterpenes (1–4), five polyacetylenes (5–9), oleanolic acid (10), and 5-hydromethyl furaldehyde (11). Among them, seven compounds (3, 5–10) were firstly isolated from the A. chinensis, and all have been reported in the genus Atractylodes except compound 10. The chemotaxonomic significance of these compounds was summarized. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]