Constituents from Tissue Cultures of Allium macrostemon Bunge

Abstract

The chemical constituents of Allium macrostemon Bunge tissue cultures were first determined. Coniferyl alcohol (1), coniferin (2), allimacronoid A (3), tuberonoid A (4) and 1-O-(E)-feruloyl-β-D-glucopyranose (5) were isolated from the root tissues of plantlets grown on 1/2 Murashige and Skoog solid medium. In the HPLC analysis, 3 and 4 were detected in the leaves of the cultures. On the other hand, five compounds (1-5) were not detected in the bulb. Compounds 1 and 2 were isolated from A. macrostemon Bunge for the first time.