Studies on a medicinal parasitic plant: lignans from the stems of Cynomorium songaricum

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2001 Aug;49(8):1036-8. doi: 10.1248/cpb.49.1036.

Abstract

Eight phenolic compounds including two new lignan glucopyranosides together with a known alkaloid were isolated from the stems of Cynomorium songaricum RUPR. (Cynomoriaceae). Their chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence. The chemotaxonomic significance of these metabolites is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification
  • Lignans / chemistry*
  • Lignans / isolation & purification
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Lignans