CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS FROM SAUSSUREA STELLA

From the whole plant of Saussurea stella Maxim(Asteraceae),fifteen compounds were isolated and identified as 4-hydroxy-2-methoxy-benzaldehyde(1),3-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-propenal(2),(+)-pinoresinol-β-D-glucoside(3),daucosterol(4),luteolin(5),acacetin(6),apigenin(7),tilianin(8),chrysoeriol-7-O-β-glucoside(9),apigenin-7-O-β-glucoside(10),quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside(11),kaempferol-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside(12),quercetin-5-O-β-glucoside(13),quercetin 4′-methyl ether 5-O-β-glucoside(14)and 6-hydroxy-3-O-methyl-kaempferol 6-O-glucoside(15)on the basis of spectral evidence.Among them 1 ～ 5 ,9 ～ 10 and 13 ～ 15 were isolated from this medicine plant for the first time.