Studies on the Constituents of Acanthopanax koreanum

Abstract

Acanthopanax koreanum Nakai (Araliaceae) is a indigenous medicinal plant growing throughout Jeju-Do in Korea. The plant extract is used in rheumatism, tonic, paralysis and sedative agent. From the roots of A. koreanum, lignan compounds, a diterpenoid, and a polyacetylene compound were isolated and their structures were elucidated by using IR, PMR, CMR and MS spectral data.

Keywords

• Acanthopanax koreanum;
• Araliaceae;
• Eleutheroside E;
• ariensin;
• Eleutheroside B;
• isopimara-9(11),15-diene-19-ol;
• falcarindiol