sorbus amabilis/消炎（藥

BACKGROUND Sorbus commixta Hedl. (Rosaceae) is a well known traditionally valuable medicinal plant in Korea, China and Japan. This plant has been prescribed for long time for various inflammatory symptoms such as asthma, bronchitis, gastritis and dropsy. OBJECTIVE Although a number of

From the stem bark of Sorbus commixta, two new phenolic glycosides, sorcomisides A and B (1 and 2), were isolated along with 10 known compounds. The structures of the isolates were determined by analysis of one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR (1D- and 2D-NMR) data and high resolution (HR)-MS,

Tumor metastasis is a main cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Thus, a number of medicinal herbs and phytochemicals have been investigated as possible candidates for the inhibition of cancer metastasis. Sorbus commixta Hedl. (SC) is a traditional medicinal plant used in the treatment of

The bark of Sorbus commixta has been used in Asian traditional medicine for treatment of cough, asthma, bronchial disorders, gastritis and dropsy. However, the anti-inflammatory effect of β-sitosteryl-3-O-β-glucopyranoside, a major compound of the bark of S. commixta, is poorly understood. In this