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Flavonol glycosides of Maesa lanceolata leaves

  • Lawrence O. Arot Manguro
  • , Peter Lemmen
  • , Ivar Ugi
  • , Wolfgang Kraus
  • University of Nairobi

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Abstract

An investigation of the methanolic extract of Maesa lanceolata leaves has led to the isolation of four novel flavonol glycosides characterised as myricetin 3-O-2″, 3″, 4″-triacetylxylopyranoside (1), quercetin 3-O-β-3‴, 6‴-diacetylglucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-2″, 3″-diacetylrhamnopyranoside (2), myricetin 3-O-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-rhamnopyranoside (3) and quercetin 3-O-β-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-rhamnopyranoside- 7-O-β-galactopyranoside (4). Also isolated from the same extract were known flavonols; quercetin (5), myricetin (6), quercetin 3-O-xylopyranoside (7), quercetin 3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (8), myricetin 3-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (9), myricetin 3-O-β- galactopyranoside (10) and quercetin 3-O-rutinoside (11).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-82
Number of pages6
JournalNatural Product Sciences
Volume8
Issue number3
StatePublished - Sep 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flavonol glycosides
  • Leaves
  • Maesa lanceolata
  • Myrsinaceae

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