Medicinal Chemistry

Polyphenols from the Rhizomes of Potentilla freyniana

Abstract

Xiao-Hui Wu, Chao Mi, Yi He, Shu-Qing Wang, Jun Zhang and Yan-Wen Zhang

A new polyphenol, Potentillanin A (1), together with two known compounds (2–3), was isolated from the chloroform soluble fraction of Potentilla freyniana. The structure of Potentillanin A (1) was elucidated by spectroscopicmethods.