Plants of the Schisandraceae family contain a variety of pharmacologically active lignans like schizandrin, deoxyschizandrin, deangeloylgomisin B, gomisin A, gomisin O, gamma-schizandrin and isogomisin O. Here we have compared the composition of different polar and non-polar extracts of Schisandra
OBJECTIVE
To determine the content of four lignans in the fruits of Schisandra sphenanthera, Schisandra grandiflora, Schisandra rubriflora and Schisandra propinqua subsp. sinensis.
METHODS
The HPLC separation was performed on Diamonsil C18 (150 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 microm) columm using methanol-water (70