摘要

The fruits of Schisandra chinensis(Turcz.) Baill. is a traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of cough, dyspnea, insomnia and chronic hepatitis. During our investigation of Schisandra chinensis collected in Liaoning province, the water soluble extract of Schisandra chinensis ( Turcz.) Baill was found to possess a strong activity on cardiovascular system. Some water soluble chemical constitutents from this species were reported in our earlier paper. In continuation of our studies on the seeds of Schisandra chinensis, a new monoter-penoid glycoside, named Schisanchinin A( 1), was isolated from the water soluble extract through column chromatography. The spectroscopic and chemical evidences revealed its structure to be p-menthane-1,8,9-triol 9-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside(1).