개망초의 꽃을 80% MeOH 용액으로 추출하고, 추출물을 EtOAc, n-BuOH 및 물로 분배, 추출하였다. 이 중 EtOAc 분획을 silica gel, octadecylsilica gel(ODS) column chromatography 및 high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)로 정제하여 3종의 화합물을 분리하였다. 각 화합물의 화학구조는 NMR, MS 및 IR 등의 스펙트럼 데이터를 해석하여, ${alpha}-amyrenone(1),;{alpha}-amyrin(2)$ 및 ${eta}-amyrin(3)$으로 동정하였다. 이들 3종의 triterpenoid는 개망초에서는 처음 분리되었다.
The flower of Erigeron annuus L. was extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract was partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH and $H_2O$, successively. From the EtOAc fraction, three compounds were isolated through the repeated silica gel, ODS column and high performance liquid chromatographies. From the result of physico-chemical data including NMR, MS and IR, the chemical structures of the compounds were determined as ${alpha}-amyrenone,;{alpha}-amyrin;and;{eta}-amyrin$. These three compounds were isolated for the first time from the flower of Erigeron annuus L.
