Planta Med 1996; 62(4): 365-368
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957908
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Secoiridoids and Xanthones from Gentianella nitida

Marie-Aleth Lacaille-Dubois1 , Katja Galle2 , Hildebert Wagner2
  • 1Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Bourgogne, 7, Bd Jeanne d'Arc, F-21033 Dijon Cedex, France
  • 2Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Universität München, Karlstraße 29, D-80333 München, Germany
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Publication History

1995

1995

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

From Gentianella nitida twelve known metabolites were isolated and identified by HPLC-UV and/or by spectroscopic methods as secologanoside, amaroswerin, amarogentin (secoiridoids), isoorientin (C-glucosylflavone), mangiferin, demethylbellidifolin 8-O-glucoside, norswertianine 1-O-glucoside, swertianine 1-O-primeveroside, swertianine 8-O-glucoside, norswertianine, demethylbellidifolin, and swertianine (xanthone glycosides and aglycones). Secologanoside is reported here for the first time in Gentianaceae species; the antioxidant mangiferin was obtained as the major compound in good yield.