キンモクセイ花の成分研究 (第1報)

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The flowers of Osmanthus fragrans Lour. var. aurantiacus Makino were soaked in petroleum ether immediately after collection, digested for one week, and filtered with pressing. The aqueous layer of the filtrate was extracted with ether. The residual flowers were then digested with warm dehydrated ethanol for 16 hours.
1) The portion soluble in petroleum ether is composed of concretes amounting to 0.214% of the original flowers and its treatment with cold dehydrated ethanol separates it into 0.163% of absolutes and 0.043% of flower wax, which is chiefly composed of triacontane, C₃₀H₆₂.
2) The ether solution was chromatographically purified and p-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol C₈H₁₀O₂, was isolated.
3) The ethanol-soluble portion yielded D-mannitol.
4) The water-soluble portion was fractionated with lead acetate and basic lead acetate. D-Mannitol was isolated from the filtrate and the presence of D-glucose and D-fructose was detected by paper chromatography. The precipitate obtained by lead acetate and the portion soluble in ethanol, yielded succinic acid.