Studies on antihemorrhagic substances in herbs classified as hemostatics in Chinese medicine. III. On the antihemorrhagic principle in Sanguisorba officinallis L.

Abstract
The antihemorrhagic principle in S. officinalis was isolated by a combination of countercurrent distribution, column chromatography on silica gel and preparative TLC on silica gel, and identified as 3,3'',4-tri-O-methylellagic acid.