Chemical components and functions of Taxus chinensis extract

Abstract

Taxus chinensis is a National level protected plant and has been for a long time, since it grows slowly and has low regenerative capacity. Consequently, no large base of raw material forest of taxus was formed. This study used Taxus chinensis as the study object, for analyzing the chemical composition of T. chinensis extract via fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). 37 types of chemical components were detected. These were mainly ethers (asarone, dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate), alcohols (nerolidol, Myo-inositol, 4-C-methyl-, trans-Sinapyl alcohol), acids (3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid, palmitic acid, oleic Acid), flavonoids (macckiain, formononetin), ketone (4-hydroxy-.beta.-ionone, pseudobaptigenin), phenols (methyleugenol), esters (triacetin), aldehydes (sinapinaldehyde), and pyridines (alpha-methylstyrene). This chemical component could be directly or indirectly used for bioengineering, pharmaceutical engineering, the cosmetic industry, and other chemical industries.