Studies of the active constituents of the Chinese drug "duhuo" Angelica pubescents
Li, R.Z.; He, Y.Q.; Chiao, M.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, Q.B.; Meng, J.R.; Gu, Y.; Ge, L.P.
Yao Xue Xue Bao 24(7): 546-551
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0513-4870 PMID: 2618698 Document Number: 340352
Eight coumarins isolated from the alcohol extract of the Chinese drug "Duhuo", the root of Angelica pubescents Maxim. f. biserrata Shan et Yuan (Umbelliferae) were elucidated to be columbianetin (I), columbianetin acetate (II), columbiadin (III), osthol (IV), isoimperatorin (V), bergapten (VI), xanthotoxin (VII), and columbianetin-.beta.-D-glucopyranoside (VIII), by chemical and spectral analysis. Compound VII was isolated from plant for the first time. All these coumarins were tested on platelet aggregation induced by 2.mu.m ADP. I, II, III, IV, and VII showed strong inhibiting activity against platelet aggregation.