Study on the Process of Sanguisorbae Radix -Increased Contents of Pomolic Acid and Acetylpomolic Acid by the Process-

지유의 수치에 관한 연구 -수치에 의해 함량이 증가하는 포몰린산과 아세틸포몰린산-

Some traditional herbal drugs have been used after processing to modify its activities. For example, roasted 'chiyu' (Sanguisorbae radix) has been used as antihemorrhagics while raw one used as anti-emetics. The composition of herbal drug is expected to be changed during this process. We tried to reveal the compositional difference between raw and roasted 'chiyu', and isolated the compounds which are changed in their contents. The structure of the isolated compounds were elucidated as pomolic acid and 3-O-acetyl pomolic acid. The contents of pomolic acid and 3-O-acetyl pomolic acid in raw 'chiyu' were ca. $4.5{\times}10^{-3}%$, $7.2{\times}10^{-4}%$, respectively, and in roasted 'chiyu' were ca. $7.3{\times}10^{-3}%$ and $1.1{\times}10^{-3}%$, respectively.