칸나의 뿌리를 80% MeOH용액으로 추출하고, 얻어진 추출물을 EtOAc, n-BuOH 및 물로 용매 분획 하였다. 이 중 EtOAc 분획과 n-BuOH 분획으로부터 silica gel과 octadecyl silica gel(ODS) column chromatography로 정제하여 4종의 화합물을 분리하였다. 각 화합물의 화학구조는 NHR, MS 및 IR 등의 스펙트럼 데이터를 해석하여, $eta$-sitosterol(1), linoleic aicd methyl ester(2), monoglycosyldiglyceride(3), daucosterol(4)으로 동정하였다. 이 화합물들은 칸나에서 처음으로 분리되었다.
Canna generalis was extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract was partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH and $H_2O$, successively. from the EtOAc and n-BuOH fractions, four compounds were isolated through the repeated silica gel and ODS column chromatographies. From the results of physico-chemical data including NMR, MS and IR, the chemical structures of the compounds were determined as $eta$-sitosterol(1), linoleic acid methyl ester(2),1-O-oleoyl-2-O-linoleoyl-3-O-$eta$-D-galactopyranosyl-sn-glycerol(3), and daucosterol(4). They were the first to be isolated from Canna generalis.
