摘要
Forsythoside A and suspensaside A were isolated and purified from Forsythia suspensa by one step of high-speed counter-current chromatography for the first time using a solvent system of ethyl acetate-n-butanol-methanol-water (4:0.5:0.5:5, v/v). The purities of the two compounds were 98.19% and 98.05%, respectively, as determined by HPLC. Their structures were identified by MS, UV, and NMR analysis. Such a simple and effective method was fairly useful to prepare pure compounds as reference substances for related study on Forsythia suspensa.