title: Xanthones from Swertia punctata.
abstract: Isolation of 1-O-primeverosyl-3,8-dihydroxy-5-methoxyxanthone and 1-O-gentiobiosyl-3,7-dimethoxy-8-hydroxyxanthone, along with five known xanthones, isobellidifolin, methylbellidifolin, isoswertianin, methylswertianin and norswertianin-1-O-beta-D-glucoside, from the roots of Swertia punctata is reported. In the aerial parts four xanthones, bellidifolin, methylbellidifolin, swertianolin and mangiferin, and flavone-C-glucoside, isoorientin were identified. The chemotaxonomic and pharmacological significance of these results is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medicinal Plant Research "Dr. Josif Pancić", Tadeusa Kosćuska 1, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. smilo@chem.bg.ac.yu
authors.forename: Nebojsa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menković
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Savikin-Fodulović
authors.forename: Vanja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bulatović
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aljancić
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Juranić
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macura
authors.forename: Vlatka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vajs
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milosavljević
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D029967:Swertia / Q000737:chemistry*; D014966:Xanthenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014966:Xanthenes