title: [Flavones from flowers of Sesamum indicum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the chemical constituents from flowers of Sesamum indicum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Column chromatography with silica gel, C18 and Sephadex LH -20 as packing materials was used to separate the chemical constituents, and the structures were determined by chemical and spectroscopic methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six flavones were isolated and elucidated as apigenin (1), ladanetin (2), ladanetin-6-O-beta-D-glucoside (3), apigenin-7-O-glucuronic acid (4), pedalitin (5), and pedalitin-6-O-glucoside (6).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All of the compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phytochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Cai
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Shou-Xun
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D047310:Apigenin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D047309:Flavones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D031685:Sesamum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D047309:Flavones; C528673:ladanetin; C510777:pedalitin; D047310:Apigenin