cqvip:Eritrichium mpestre (Pall.) Bunge is widely distributed in thenorthwest and northeast of China. As a Chinese folk medicine, it is extensively used to treat headache, angeitis, and anthrax. Especially, it is the preferred medicine prescribed for flu cure in Inner Mongolia of China. 1 An EtOH extract of the aerial part of E. mpestre was concentrated and partitioned with solvents further into petroleum ether-, CHC13-, EtOAc-, n-BuOH-, and H2O-soluble fractions. The EtOAc fraction was subjected to column chromatography with silica gel and finally purified by Sephadex LH-20 to yield compounds 1 (20 mg), 2(14 mg), and 3 (9 mg).
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