Chimgin from Ferula lapidosa

Abstract

We have investigated the roots of F e m l a lapidosa Korov., collected in Kirghizia in the Buam Gorge, the classical site of o c c u r r e n c e of this species. In a methanolic extract of the roots we found five compounds of a r o m a t i c nature with R f 0.37, 0.53, 0.56, 0.65, and 0.80 [TLC, SIC2; b e n z e n e -m e t h a n o l (95: 5) system].After chromatography twice in a column of silica gel and fractional crystallization, we isolated a col-