Planta Med 2003; 69(2): 181-183
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37702
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Sesquiterpene Lactones from Taraxacum obovatum

Klaudia Michalska1 , Wanda Kisiel
  • 1Department of Phytochemistry, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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Publication History

Received: May 23, 2002

Accepted: September 7, 2002

Publication Date:
07 March 2003 (online)

Abstract

Two new guaianolide glucosides, deacetylmatricarin 8-O-β-glucopyranoside and 11β-hydroxyleukodin 11-O-β-glucopyranoside, were isolated from roots of Taraxacum obovatum, along with four known sesquiterpene lactones, deacetylmatricarin, sonchuside A, taraxinic acid β-glucopyranosyl ester and its 11β,13-dihydro derivative. Their structures were established by spectral methods.

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Prof. Dr. W. Kisiel

Department of Phytochemistry

Institute of Pharmacology

Polish Academy of Sciences

Smętna Str. 12

31-343 Kraków

Poland

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Email: kisielw@if-pan.krakow.pl

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