Chemical studies of Salvia miltiorrhiza f. alba
Li, Z.T.; Yang, B.J.; Ma, G.E.
Yao Xue Xue Bao 26(3): 209-213
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0513-4870 PMID: 1957662 Document Number: 383598
Fourteen constituents were isolated from the roots of Salvia miltiorrhiza f. alba. Two of them were new compounds and were named 1, 2, 15, 16-tetrahydrotanshiquinone (I) and tanshinaldehyde (II). The others were identified as Ro-090680 (III), dihydroisotanshone I (IV), danshexinkun B (V), miltirone (VI), nortanshinone (VII), hydroxytanshinone II-A (VIII), tanshinone I (IX), dihydrotanshinone I (IX), tanshinone II-A (XI), cryptotanshinone (XII), methylenetanshiquinone (XIII), methyltanshinonate (XIV), I and III showed inhibitory activity against P388 Leukemia cell in vitro. III was reported to be a potent inhibitor of rabbit platelet aggregation induced by collagen.