Preparative Isolation of six Anti‐Tumour Biflavonoids from <i>Selaginella Doederleinii</i> Hieron by High‐Speed Counter‐Current Chromatography

Abstract

The study provides methodological references for simultaneously preparative isolation of several bioactive biflavones from the herbal family of Selaginella. It is the first report discovering 2'', 3''-dihydro-3', 3'''-biapigenin and 3', 3'''-binaringenin from this herb and describing their cytotoxicities to human cancer cell lines.