Separation and identification of new sucrose esters from root of Polygala tenuifolia Willd.

Objective To study the constituents of the extract from the root of Polygala tenuifolia Willd.Methods The chemical constituents were isolated by silica,Sephadex LH-20 gel column chromatography and HPLC.Chemical characters and spectroscopic analysis were employed for the structural identification.Results Eleven compounds were obtained and their structures were identified as sibiricose A5(1),tenuifolioside A(α-D-glucopyranoside,3-O-[(2Z)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl]-β-D-fructofuranosyl,2),tenuifolioside B(α-D-glucopyranoside,3-O-[(2E)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl]-β-D-fructofuranosyl,3),tenuifolioside C(α-D-glucopyranoside,3-O-[(2Z)-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl]-β-D-fructofuranosyl,4),sibiricose A6(5),glomeratose A(6),sibiricaxanthone B(7),polygalaxanthone Ⅺ(8),1,2,3,7-tetramethoxyxanthone(9),onjixanthoneⅡ(10),and polygitol(11).Conclusions Compounds 24,named tenuifolioside A-C respectively,are new sucrose esters which have not been reported before.