Luteolin and 6-Hydroxyluteolin: Taxonomically Important Flavones in the Genus Thymus

T. Adzet; F. Martinez-Vergés

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1075002

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Planta Med 1980; 40: 52-55
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1075002

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Luteolin and 6-Hydroxyluteolin: Taxonomically Important Flavones in the Genus Thymus

T. Adzet¹ , F. Martinez-Vergés²

¹Chair of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacodynamic, the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona
²Department of Botany, Sciences Faculty, the Autonomous University of Barcelona

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29 April 2008 (online)

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Abstract

The flavonoid aglycones survey of 13 taxa of thyme plants from the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic Islands reveals the importance of luteolin and 6-hydro-xyluteolin as taxonomic markers- in Thymus species from the western Mediterranean basin. Luteolin occurs as a constant in all the forms analysed. 6-Hydroxyluteolin, a flavone with a limited distribution among plants, not previously reported in the genus, is abundant in 11 species, while in two others it is present in traces.

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Luteolin - Thymus - Labiatae - 6-Hydroxyluteolin - Taxonomic Markers.