cowslip/flavonoid

Primula veris L. is an important medicinal plant with documented use for the treatment of gout, headache and migraine reaching back to the Middle Ages. Triterpenoid saponins from roots and flowers are used in up-to-date phytotherapeutic treatment of bronchitis and colds due to their expectorant and

From methanolic extracts of fresh flowers of Primula officinalis 19 flavonoids were isolated or detected: quercetin, luteolin, kaempferol, isorhamnetin, apigenin; quercetin 3-O-glucoside, -rutinoside, -robinobioside, -gentiobioside, -(glucosyl-(1-->2) -glucosyl-(1-->6))-glucoside,

Primula veris L. and Primula elatior (L.) Hill represent medicinal plants used for the production of herbal teas and preparations with antioxidant and expectorant activity. Flowers and roots of both species possess the same biological activity. In the presented study, raw materials of wild growing