The Open Natural Products Journal

2012, 5 : 13-15
Published online 2012 November 16. DOI: 10.2174/1874848101205010013
Publisher ID: TONPJ-5-13

β-Sitosterol Lithospermate from

James D Adams Jr , Steven Tran , Vincent Wong , Pauline Fontaine and Jirair Petrosyan
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences,School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, PSC 716, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121, USA.

ABSTRACT

Salvia Columbariae extracts were examined for the presence of salvianolic acids by HPLC-MS and NMR. A new salvianolic acid, β-sitosterol lithospermic acid, was found.

Keywords:

Salvia columbariae, chia, β-sitosterol lithospermate.