1976 Volume 24 Issue 3 Pages 407-413
Two new flavonoid glycosides, coptiside I, mp 190-191°, C46H58O27·4H2O and coptiside II, mp 243-244°, C21H20O11·21/2H2O, were isolated from the leaves of Coptis japonica MAKINO. The structure of coptiside I was established to be acacetin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-O-[2, 4-O-diacetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6)]-3-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranoside and of coptiside II was to be 7-O-β-D-galactopyranosylquercetin on the basis of chemical and spectral data.