甘遂是一种常用中药,与其它中药配伍治疗二便不通、肾功能不全等疾病有一定疗效。近年有报道生甘遂的无水乙醇提取液用于羊膜腔注射中期引产获得良好效果。作者取大戟科植物甘遂Euphorbia kansui的干燥根,用无水乙醇提取后,经硅胶柱层析,苯、醋酸乙酯梯度洗脱,先后得两种结晶。 Ganzi is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It has certain curative effects in combination with other traditional Chinese medicines in treating diseases such as impaired circulation and incomplete renal function. In recent years, it has been reported that anhydrous ethanol extract of raw kansui is used for amniotic cavity injection to obtain good results in the mid-term induction of labor. The authors took the dried roots of the Euphorbia kansui plant of Euphorbiaceae and extracted it with absolute ethanol. After silica gel column chromatography and gradient elution of benzene and ethyl acetate, two crystals were obtained.