To investigate the chemical components of the barks and twigs ofltoa orientalis. A new linear monoterpene glycoside named itoside O was isolated from the crude extract of Itoa orientalis together with 11 known compounds. The new compound was identified to be 3,7-dimethyl-1, 6-octadien-3, 10-dihydroxyl-10-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl （1 -→6）-O-β-D-glucopyranoside by 1D and 2D NMR analysis, and all known compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time.
We quantitatively determined four nucleosides, including cytidine, uridine, guanosine, and adenosine, in Carthamus tinctorius L. and Safflower injection. Separation was performed on a Zorbax Eclipse XDB-18 column using a gradient elution with mobile phases of 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid （TFA） aqueous solution （A） and methanol （B）. The assay was carried out at a flow rate of 1 mL/min at 25 ℃ with detection at 260 nm. Cytidine, uridine, adenosine and guanosine showed good linearity in the ranges of4.02-503μg/mL （r2= 0.9998）, 9.38-1407 μg/mL （rz = 0.9999）, 80.6-8060μg/mL （r2 = 0.9999） and 2.10---630μg/mL （r2 = 0.9987） with average recoveries of 97.2%, 94.5%, 98.6% and 108.6%, respectively. The contents of cytidine, uridine, adenosine and guanosine in different Carthamus tinctorius L. and Safflower injection were significantly different. This is the first report on the quantitative determination of nucleosides in Carthamus tinctorius L. and Safflower injection.
