A New Alkaloid from the Aerial Parts of Bupleurum chinense DC.

Abstract A new isoalloxazine alkaloid, named bupleurine A ( 1 ), along with five known compounds ( 2 – 6 ), were isolated from the aerial parts of Bupleurum chinense DC. The structure elucidation of the new alkaloid ( 1 ) was employed by combining NMR and HR‐MS data with comparison of reference in the literature. Five known compounds ( 2 – 6 ) were isolated from Bupleurum genus for the first time. Additionally, their antiproliferative activities on HeLa cells were evaluated by MTT assay and IC 50 of compounds 1 and 4 – 6 were below 10 μ m after treatment for 24 h.