NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2010, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 976-978.

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Flavonoids of Desmodium microphyllum

LIU Xiao-hui1,2 , WANG Chang-hong2 , CHOU Gui-xin2 , HUA Yan1*   

  1. 1Southwest Forestry College, Kunming 650224, China; 2Key Laboratory of Standardization of Chinese Medicines , Ministry of Education, Institute of Chinese Material Medic of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201210, China

  • Received:2008-12-15 Online:2011-01-10 Published:2011-10-19

Abstract:

Nine flavonoids were isolated from the whole plant of Desmodium microphyllum, and identified as (–)-epicatechin (1), genistein-4'-O-β-glucoside (2), isoorientin (3), orientin (4), luteotin (5), isoswertiajaponin (6), luteoayamenin (7), luteolin-7-galactoside (8), and luteolin-7-rhamnoside (9). These compounds were isolated from Desmodium microphyllum for the first time.

Key words: Desmodium microphyllum, chemical constituents, flavonoids