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Repeated column chromatography of the CHCI3-soluble fraction ofZingiber zerumbet led to the isolation and identification of two aromatic compounds,p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1) and vanillin (2), and six kaempferol derivatives, kaempferol-3,4′,7-O-trimethylether (3), kaempferol-3-O-methylether (4), kaempferol-3,4′-O-dimethylether (5), 4″-O-acetylafzelin (6), kaempferol-3-O-(4-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside)], 2″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin (7), kaempferol-3-O-(2,4-O-diacetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside)], and 3″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin (8), kaempferol-3-O-(3,4-O-diacetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside)]. The structures of1–8 were identified by analysis of spectro-scopic data as well as by comparison with published values. This is the first report on the isolation of compounds1–3 from this plant.
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Jang, D.S., Han, AR., Park, G. et al. Flavonoids and aromatic compounds from the rhizomes ofZingiber zerumbet . Arch Pharm Res 27, 386–389 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980078
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