Four compounds ß-sitosterol, ß-sitosterol-3-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside, ursolic acid and 4',5,6-trihydroxy-3', 7…

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- Chemical Constituents of Dichloromethane Extract of Cultivated Satureja khuzistanica

Chemical Constituents of Dichloromethane Extract of Cultivated Satureja khuzistanica

¹Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology and ²Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Science Tehran, Iran

Abstract 
 
Four compounds ß-sitosterol, ß-sitosterol-3-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside, ursolic acid and 4',5,6-trihydroxy-3', 7-dimethoxyflavone were characterized from the dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Satureja khuzistanica (Lamiaceae), a native medicinal plant growing in Iran, on the basis of spectral analysis and comparing with the data in literature. The natural occurrence of these compounds can be conclusive for the chemotaxonomic characterization of the genus Satureja.

Keywords: daucosterin – Lamiaceae – Satureja khuzistanica – sitosterol – 4',5,6-trihydroxy-3', 7-dimethoxyflavone – ursolic acid

eCAM 2007 4(1):95-98; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel065. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/).