• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 2019

Adenophora stricta Miq. (Campanulaceae) is an annual herb, which has been used as a traditional medicine in Korea, Japan and China to treat bronchial asthma, tonsillitis, and hypertension. In this study, 12 compounds were isolated from the roots of A. stricta and isolates were identified to be methyl adenophorate (1), decursidin (2), L-tryptophan (3), D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronorharmane-3-carboxylic acid (4), vanillic acid 4-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (5), syringic acid 4-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (6), vanillin (7), vanillic acid (8), p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (9), p-hydroxybenzoic acid (10), p-hydroxyacetophenone (11) and linoleic acid (12). Decursidin (2) and D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronorharmane-3-carboxylic acid (4) is firstly reported from A. stricta in current study.