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Chemical Constituents of Illicium difengpi Bark

Ping Huang, Min Yang, Mao-Xiang Lai, Xue-Zhong Zheng, Masatoshi Nishi, Tsutomu Nakanishi   

  1. 1. Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanning 530022;
    2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Setsunan University, Hirakata 573-01, Japan
  • Received:1996-08-23 Revised:1997-03-24 Online:1997-09-15 Published:1997-09-15

Abstract: Three compouds were isolated from the traditional Chiese medicine "difengpi", which is the bark of Illicium difengpi K. I. B et K. I. M. They were identified as difengpin (1), magnolol (2) and B-sitosterol (3) by physico-chemical constants and spectral analsis (UV, IR, NMR, EIMS). Compound 1 is a new compound having the stucture of 4-allyi-2,6-dimethoxy-phenol cinnamate and named difengpin.

Key words: Illicum difengpi, Difengpin, Magnolol

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