Abstract:
Ethanol extracts from the leaves of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.cv.Atropurpurea Jacg. were separated and purified by column chromatography over silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by spectral methods including 1H, 13C NMR. Seventeen compounds were isolated and identified as β-sitosterol ( 1 ), stigmasterol ( 2 ), daucosterol ( 3 ), lupeol ( 4 ), ursolic acid ( 5 ), arjunolic acid ( 6 ), Niga-ichigoside F1 ( 7 ), apigenin ( 8 ), kaempferol ( 9 ), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucoside ( 10 ), quercetin ( 11 ), quercetin-4'-O-β-D- glucoside ( 12 ), hyperin ( 13 ), luteolin ( 14 ), luteolin-4'-O-β-D-glucoside ( 15 ), rutin ( 16 ), gallic acid ( 17 ). All compounds were isolated from the leaf for the first time. Compounds 11 , 14 and 17 showed stronger antioxidant activities by DPPH scavenging activity with IC50 inhibition rates of 32.18, 34.65 and 34.12 mmol/L, respectively, compared with the Vc IC50 inhibition rate of 55.22 mmol/L.