A furanocoumarin and polymethoxylated flavonoids from the Yucatec Mayan plant Casimiroa tetrameria

Bilkis Heneka, Horst Rimpler, Anita Ankli, Otto Sticher, Simon Gibbons, Michael Heinrich

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    Abstract

    As part of an ongoing study of the medicinal plants of the Yucatec Maya, Casimiroa tetrameria was investigated for its phytochemistry. From an ethyl acetate partition of an ethanol extract of the leaves, eight flavonoids and a furanocoumarin were isolated and characterised as 5,6,2′,3′,5′,6′-hexamethoxyflavone, 5,6,2′,3′,6′-pentamethoxyflavone and 5-methoxy-8-(3″-hydroxymethyl-but-2″-enyloxy)-psoralen using a combination of 1H, 13C NMR and NOESY spectroscopy.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)649-652
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhytochemistry
    Volume66
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2005

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