The lipophilic flavonoids in leaf and flower of Tanacetum parthenium and T. vulgaris have been compared. While those of T. parthenium are methyl ethers of the flavonols 6-hydroxykaempferol and quercetagetin, the surface flavonoids of T. vulgare are methyl ethers of the flavones scutellarein and
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Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera is used in the traditional medicine of Argentinean highlands as an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory medicinal plant. To give scientific support to the ethnopharmacological claim of Parastrephia lucida as an anti-inflammatory crude drug the effect of
A new lipophilic flavonol, 6-hydroxykaempferol 3,7,4'-trimethyl ether, called tanetin, has been characterized in the leaf, flower and seed of feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium. It co-occurs with the known 6-hydroxykaempferol 3,7-dimethyl ether, quercetagetin 3,7-dimethyl ether and quercetagetin
Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of Croton cajucara were oriented by traditional medicine. The stem bark of the mature plant is a rich source of clerodane-type diterpenes: trans-dehydrocrotonin (DCTN), trans-crotonin (CTN), cis-cajucarin B, cajucarin A, cajucarinolide and two novel
Several Buddleja species were the target of phytochemical and biological studies; however, nothing was reported concerning the chemistry of Buddleja polystachya Fresen. growing in Saudi Arabia. Sixteen constituents were isolated from the aerial parts of B. polystachya using various chromatographic
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