Rosmarinic acid,a hydrosoluble polyphenolic hydroxyl compound,is the active ingredient in such traditional Chinese medicines as Menthae Haplocalycis Herba,Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma,Rosemary,Perillae Folium. Because of its good anti-inflammatory,anti-oxidant and anti-tumor effects,it is
Extracts of the aerial parts of Scorzonera divaricata afforded sulfoscorzonin D (1) and sulfoscorzonin E (2), two novel pyrrolidine inner salt alkaloids with a sulfated guaiane sesquiterpene lactone nucleus, along with 22 known compounds. Especially, sulfoscorzonin D containing a unusual monoterpene