Chemical Constituents of Dichloromethane Extract of Cultivated Satureja khuzistanica

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2007 Mar;4(1):95-8. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nel065. Epub 2006 Sep 26.

Abstract

Four compounds beta-sitosterol, beta-sitosterol-3-O-beta-d-glucopyranoside, ursolic acid and 4',5,6-trihydroxy-3', 7-dimethoxyflavone were characterized from the dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Satureja khuzistanica (Lamiaceae), a native medicinal plant growing in Iran, on the basis of spectral analysis and comparing with the data in literature. The natural occurrence of these compounds can be conclusive for the chemotaxonomic characterization of the genus Satureja.