Phytochemical Constituents from the Seeds of Lithospermum erythrorhizon

  • Park, Jun-Yeon (Standard Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sul-Lim (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Han, Saem (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Hye-Min (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Min (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Ahn, Young-Hee (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Lee, Sook-Young (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hyun (Department of Applied Plant Science, Chung-Ang University)
  • Published : 2009.12.31

Abstract

Phytochemical constituents were isolated from the seeds of Lithospermum erythrorhizon through open column chromatography and prep-HPLC. Their structures were identified as ${\beta}$-sitosterol (1), daucosterol (2), luteolin (3), and allantoin (4) on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Among them, luteolin (3) was isolated for the first time from the plant.

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