[Flavone constituents in the seeds of Sophora vicii folia Hance]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1996 Mar;21(3):165-6, 191.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Four flavone compounds have been separated from the mature seeds of Sophora vicii folia. By means of physico-chemical and spectroscopic analysis, their structures have been identified as 5,7,3'-trihydroxy-4'-methoxyflavone (I); 7,3'-dihydroxy-1'-methoxyflavone (II); 7,4'-dihydroxyflavone (III) and 7,3',4'-trihydroxyflavone (IV). All of them are found in S. viciifolia for the first time, and I and II are found Sophora genus for the first time.

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Fabaceae / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Plants, Medicinal*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Flavonoids
  • 4',7-dihydroxyflavone
  • diosmetin