Isolation and identification of biologically active compounds from Forsythia viridissima flowers.
Flavonol glycosides, rutin and isoquercitrin, lignan glycosides, arctiin and matairesinoside, as well as phenylethanoid verbascoside (= acteoside), ursolic acid and beta-sitosterol have been isolated from the flowers of Forsythia viridissima. Two other isolated substances were characterized respectively as a wax and a hydrocoloidal polysaccharide consisting of galactose, galacturonic acid, arabinose, glucose, xylose, and rhamnose.
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of łódź, 1 Muszyńskiego Str., 90-151 łódź, Poland.
Magdalena
M
Tokar
Barbara
B
Klimek
D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D031657:Forsythia; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D010936:Plant Extracts