Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Epimedium breviconum.
Methods: Compounds were purificated with various chromatographic techniques such as silica vacuum liquid chromatography and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated by physico-chemical methods and spectral analysis.
Results: Ten compounds were obtained and indentified as (7R, 8S) 4,9-dihydroxyl-3,3'-dimethyoxyl-7, 8-dihydrobenzofunan-1'-propanolneolignan-9'-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (1), (7R, 8S, 8' R) 4, 4', 8', 9-tetrahydroxyl-3, 3'-dimethyoxyl-7, 9'-monoepoxylignan (2), (+)-cycloolivil (3), (3, 5, 7, 4')-tetrahydroxyl-8-isopentene group flavonoids-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (4), beta-sitosterol (5), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (6), succinic acid (7) and p-hydroxyphenethyl (8).
Conclusions: Compound 1 is isolated from this genus for the first time. Compounds 2,3,5 -8 are isolated from the plant for the first time.