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Glycosides are the bioactive components of many famous Chinese medicines. Here reported are some bioactive glycosides we discovered from Chinese medicines in recent years. (1) Phenolic glycosides from Chinese medicines: Gastrodia elata, Aconitum austroyunanense and Helicia erratica, three bioactive
A new iridoid ester glycoside acylated with p-coumaric acid was isolated from the flowers of Verbascum phlomoides, together with one known one, specioside. Caffeic acid esters, verbascoside and forsythoside B were found as minor constituents. A new saponin was also obtained and identified as
Chemical investigation on the root of Phlomoides betonicoides led to the isolation of six undescribed diterpenoid glycosides, phlomoidesides A-F, along with two known ones using various chromatographic techniques. The structures of these compounds were determined by extensive spectroscopic analyses
BACKGROUND
Mullein (Verbascum) flowers are highly valued herbal drugs used in the treatment of inflammation, asthma, spasmodic coughs and other respiratory tract diseases. Their phenolic constituents are considered to be responsible for the anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity of the herb.