Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Chemical constituents of Pulicaria gnaphalodes Boiss

S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences, 100170, Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan. e_komila@yahoo.com

Abstract

Five compounds including one phenol acid (salicylic acid), two clerodane diterpenoids (salvifolin and salvicin) and two flavonoids (pulicarin and giperoside) were isolated from alcoholic extract of the aerial parts of Pulicaria gnaphalodes Boiss, which is endemic species for Central Asia. Their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods.

Keywords

Pulicaria gnaphalodes, diterpenoid, flavonoids, pulicarin, salvicin, salvifolin, antihyperglycemic, hypolipidemic activities