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HRID 1943577Generated: November 1, 2026

Icariin → Icaritin

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantIcariinHCID 5318997—
ReactantSodium MethoxideHCID 10942334—
SolventPyridineHCID 1049—
ProductIcaritinHCID 5318980—
ProductBaohuoside-1HCID 5745470—
Product5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-8-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3-((2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-oneHCID 44587252—

Reaction Conditions

Temperature80 °C

Reaction Steps

20 g of the extract prepared in Example 1 was taken in dry pyridine (500 ml) and sodium methoxide (powder, 10 g) was added thereto. The solution was heated to reflux in a water bath at 80° C. for 8 hours to hydrolyze sugars bonded to icariin. The reaction was concentrated under pressure to remove the solvent. The residue was added to ethanol (200 ml), stirred (3 times) and subjected to filtration to remove precipitated salts. The filtrate was concentrated under pressure to obtain a crude product, which was then separated by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform:methanol=8:1 to 4:1) to give 0.6 g of icaritin, 0.7 g of icariside 1 and 0.8 g of icariside II.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08394775B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_03
ORD IDord-575a8382b4a746aab3ea7feeb32a2ece
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_03