山栀Gardenia jasminoides Ellis为茜草科常绿灌木,分布于日本、中国和东南亚,其成熟果实栀子在中医常用于消炎、利尿、镇静和止血。另外,桅子的主要成分藏红花素被用作黄色的天然食品色素,近年来需要量剧增。作者为掌握桅子主要成分藏红花素和京尼平甙的生成、积累动态及相互关系,测定了山桅果实从开花 Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is an evergreen shrub of the genus Rubiaceae, distributed in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. The fruit of its gardenia is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for anti-inflammatory, diuretic, sedative, and hemostatic. In addition, the main component of gardenia, crocin, has been used as a yellow natural food pigment and has been rapidly increasing in recent years. The authors determined the hawthorn fruit from flowering in order to understand the production and accumulation dynamics and correlation of the main components of saffron crocin and genipin.